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[The Savior is calling]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Harry D. Clarke Incipit: 51717 67656 75712 Used With Text: Don't Turn the Savior Away

Author: Harry D. Clarke Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The Savior is calling, is calling for you Refrain First Line: Don't turn the Savior away from your heart Lyrics: 1 The Saviour is calling, is calling for you, In accents so tender, so loving and true, How can you refuse Him? O heed His sweet call! O, don't turn the Saviour away. Refrain: Don't turn the Saviour away from your heart, Don't turn the Saviour away from your heart; O hear Him pleading, O list' to His call, O, don't turn the Saviour away. 2 The Saviour is calling, why turn Him away? Sin's burden is heavy, why longer delay! O heart full of sorrow, there's comfort today; O, don't turn the Saviour away. (Refrain) 3 The Saviour is calling, O, can it be true That life everlasting is waiting for you? Come now and receive Him, to Satan say nay; O, don't turn the Saviour away. (Refrain) 4 The Saviour is calling from Calvary's cross, Where He died to save you at infinite cost; His heart there was broken for you and for me; O, don't turn the Saviour away. (Refrain) Used With Tune: [The Savior is calling, is calling for you]

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Don't Turn the Savior Away

Author: Harry D. Clarke Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #309 (1967) First Line: The Savior is calling, is calling for you Refrain First Line: Don't turn the Savior away from your heart Lyrics: 1 The Saviour is calling, is calling for you, In accents so tender, so loving and true, How can you refuse Him? O heed His sweet call! O, don't turn the Saviour away. Refrain: Don't turn the Saviour away from your heart, Don't turn the Saviour away from your heart; O hear Him pleading, O list' to His call, O, don't turn the Saviour away. 2 The Saviour is calling, why turn Him away? Sin's burden is heavy, why longer delay! O heart full of sorrow, there's comfort today; O, don't turn the Saviour away. (Refrain) 3 The Saviour is calling, O, can it be true That life everlasting is waiting for you? Come now and receive Him, to Satan say nay; O, don't turn the Saviour away. (Refrain) 4 The Saviour is calling from Calvary's cross, Where He died to save you at infinite cost; His heart there was broken for you and for me; O, don't turn the Saviour away. (Refrain) Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is calling, is calling for you]

Don't Turn the Savior Away

Author: Harry D. Clarke Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 #115 (1930) First Line: The Savior is calling Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is calling]

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Harry D. Clarke

1888 - 1957 Author of "Don't Turn the Savior Away" Orphaned at an early age, Clarke ran away from the orphanage and worked at sea for almost 10 years. He eventually moved to London, then to America. He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, then went into composing, music publishing, and evangelism. He served as song leader for Harry vom Bruch and Billy Sunday, being so impressed by Sunday that he established the Billy Sunday Memorial Chapel in Sioux City, Iowa (where he served as pastor until 1945). Clarke also worked in the evangelism field in Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, and South Milford, Indiana. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)