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Softly And Tenderly

Words:
Pedro Grando Y Mr. Ball
Music:
William L. Thompson

Sheet music

  1. 1Softly 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.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. 2Why 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?Come home, (Come home,) come home, (come home,)Ye who are weary, come home;Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,Calling, O sinner, come home!
  3. 3Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,Passing from you and from me;Shadows are gathering, death warnings coming,Coming for you and for me.Come home, (Come home,) come home, (come home,)Ye who are weary, come home;Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,Calling, O sinner, come home!
  4. 4Oh! for the wonderful love He has promised,Promised for you and for me;Tho' we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,Pardon for you and for me.Come home, (Come home,) come home, (come home,)Ye who are weary, come home;Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,Calling, O sinner, come home!

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1880, the words are in 1,057 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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