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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 348 · Words: Will L. Thompson · Tune: THOMPSON
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Will L. Thompson in 1880, this gospel invitation hymn pictures Jesus tenderly waiting at the door, pleading with weary sinners to 'come home.' It became one of the most widely used altar-call songs in American revivalism.
Verse 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,)
come home; (come home;)
you who are weary,
come home;
earnestly, tenderly,
Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner,
come home!
Verse 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
Come home, (Come home,)
come home; (come home;)
you who are weary,
come home;
earnestly, tenderly,
Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner,
come home!
Verse 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
Come home, (Come home,)
come home; (come home;)
you who are weary,
come home;
earnestly, tenderly,
Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner,
come home!
Verse 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
Come home, (Come home,)
come home; (come home;)
you who are weary,
come home;
earnestly, tenderly,
Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner,
come home!
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