Lift Every Voice and Sing II 101
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
- Tune
- [softly and tenderly jesus is calling]
- Author(s)
- Will L. Thompson (1847-1909)
- Composer(s)
- Will L. Thompson
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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,) Ye who are weary, come home! Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, Calling, O sinner, come home!
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)
3 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Passing for you and for me; Shadows are gathering, death beds are coming, Coming for you and for me. [Refrain]
4 Oh! 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]