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Text: | Softly and Tenderly |
Author: | W. L. T. |
Tune: | [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling] |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson |
1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
Mercies for you and for me? [Refrain]
3 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me. [Refrain]
4 Oh, for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling |
Title: | Softly and Tenderly |
Author: | W. L. T. (1880) |
Refrain First Line: | Come home, come home |
Meter: | 11.7.11.7.4.7.11.7 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Invitation |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Softly_and_Tenderly); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (193) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling] |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson (1880) |
Meter: | 11.7.11.7.4.7.11.7 |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Softly_and_Tenderly); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (193) |