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Text: | Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling |
Author: | Will L. Thompson |
Tune: | THOMPSON |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson |
Media: | Audio recording |
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 O 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 Jesus Is Calling |
Author: | Will L. Thompson (1880) |
Refrain First Line: | Come home, come home |
Meter: | 11 7.11 7 with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Prevenient Grace: Invitation; Affliction and Tribulation; Call to the Christian Life(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THOMPSON |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson (1880) |
Meter: | 11 7.11 7 with Refrain |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Media | |
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Audio recording: | ![]() |