The Call of the Good Shepherd

The Savior is calling, He calls you today

Author: William Fawcett
Tune: [The Savior is calling He calls you today]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 The Saviour is calling He calls you today,
In accents of tenderest love;
Delay not, but hasten His call to obey,
O hear the sweet voice from above!
Today He is waiting to save you from sin,
To the fold of His love enter, enter in.
Today He is waiting, to save you from sin
To the fold of His love enter in.

2 He knows the temptations and snares that beset
Young pilgrims on life’s weary road;
He trod the same path, and He will not forget,
The children for whom His blood flow’d.
On Calvary’s mountain, their pardon to win,
To the fold of His love enter, enter in.
On Calvary’s mountain, their pardon to win,
To the fold of His love enter in.

3 O come with rejoicing today while He stands,
Saying, seek, seek ye early for Me,
Peace, pardon, and blessing receive from His hands,
Salvation so full and so free.
Come all—there is no one too young to begin,
To the fold of His love enter, enter in.
Come all—there is no one too young to begin,
To the fold of His love enter in.

4 The angels rejoice in that heavenly place,
Where those who repent are forgiven;
And Jesus has said in the word of His grace,
“Of such is the Kingdom of Heav’n.”
Then come to the Saviour, He calls you from sin,
To the fold of His love enter, enter in.
Then come to the Saviour, He calls you from sin,
To the fold of His love enter in.

Source: The Praise Book: for Young People's Societies, Church Prayer Meetings and Sunday Schools #161

Author: William Fawcett

Late 19th Century Rev. William Fawcett was united in marriage by Bishop Merrill to Mrs. Nellie Whipple, for ten years organist at Grace Church (Iowa). from Journal and Yearbook By Methodist Episcopal Church. Rock River Conference Go to person page >

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First Line: The Savior is calling, He calls you today
Title: The Call of the Good Shepherd
Author: William Fawcett
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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