The Open Arms

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O why are you slighting the Savior

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [O why are you slighting the Savior]
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 Oh, why are you slighting the Saviour,
So patient, forgiving, and true?
The arms of his mercy are open;
He offers a welcome to you.

Refrain:
O come to the arms that are waiting,
They long have been waiting for you;
Oh, come to your loving Redeemer,
So gentle, forgiving and true.

2 Once led as a lamb to the slaughter,
He suffered, and languished, and died;
And now, in his tender compassion,
He shows you his hands and his side. [Refrain]

3 Again the dear Saviour is calling,
O turn ye, for why will ye die?
Your sun may go down in a moment,
The arrow of death may be night. [Refrain]

4 Again the dear Saviour is pleading;
Oh, look to his mercy and live;
The pleasures of time are but fleeting,
Then trust not the promise they give. [Refrain]

Source: Melodious Sonnets #45

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Author: Fanny Crosby

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First Line:	O why are you slighting the Savior
Title:	The Open Arms
Author:	Fanny Crosby
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O come to the arms that are waiting
Copyright:	Public Domain