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1 "Whosoever heareth," shout, shout the sound!
Spread the blessed tidings all the world around;
Tell the joyful news wherever man is found,
"Whosoever will may come."
Refrain:
Whosoever will, whosoever will!
Send the proclamation over vale and hill;
'Tis a loving Father calls the wanderer home.
"Whosoever will may come."
2 Whosoever cometh need not delay,
Now the door is open, enter while you may;
Jesus is the true, the only Living Way:
"Whosoever will may come." [Refrain]
3 "Whosoever will," the promise is secure;
"Whosoever will," forever must endure;
"Whosoever will," 'tis life forever more;
"Whosoever will may come." [Refrain]
Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #233
First Line: | "Whosoever heareth" shout, shout the sound! |
Title: | "Whosoever Will" |
Author: | P. P. Bliss (1870) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | "Whosoever will, whosoever will!" |
Notes: | German translation: See "Wer do vill der nehme", "Wer do will der komme" by W. Rauschenbusch; Spanish translation: See "Todo aquel que oye" by S. E. McNair; Swahili translation: See "Anisikiaye, aliye yote"; Swedish translation: See "Hvar och en som hör, o lhufliga ord"; Tagalog translation: See "Sinoman a macañeg timecna" |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Whosoever heareth, shout, shout the sound. Jesus the Way. Written during the winter of 1869-70 after hearing Mr. H. Moorhouse (from England) preach on St. John iii. 16.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)