Bilingual
Jesus Is Tenderly Calling
- Words:
- Fanny J. Crosby / T. M. Westrup
- Music:
- George C. Stebbins
Sheet music
- 1Jesus is tenderly calling thee home,Calling today, calling today;Why from the sunshine of love wilt thou roamFarther and farther away?Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Jesus is calling,(Jesus is tenderly calling today,)Is tenderly calling today.
- 2Jesus is calling the weary to rest,Calling today, calling today;Bring Him thy burden and thou shall be blest;He will not turn thee away:Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Jesus is calling,(Jesus is tenderly calling today,)Is tenderly calling today.
- 3Jesus is waiting, O come to Him now,Waiting today, waiting today;Come with thy sins, at His feet lowly bow;Come and no longer delay:Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Jesus is calling,(Jesus is tenderly calling today,)Is tenderly calling today.
- 4Jesus is pleading, O list to His voice:Hear Him today, hear Him today;They who believe in His name shall rejoice;Quickly arise and obey:Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Calling today!(Calling, calling today, today!)Jesus is calling,(Jesus is tenderly calling today,)Is tenderly calling today.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 2 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.