Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Author: Will L. Thompson
Composer: Will L. Thompson
Languages (5)
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- Danish: Sagte og inderligt
- English: Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
- French: Aimant et tendre, Jésus nous appelle
- Portuguese: O Salvador ternamente nos chama
- Spanish: Tiernamente Jesús hoy nos llama
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1880 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: Sparkling Gems, Nos. 1 & 2 Combined, Thompson, 1880.
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Reference, Jan 1880.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling— Calling for you and for me; Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching— Watching for you and for me!
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?
Come home! Come home! Ye who are weary, come home! Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, Calling, O sinner, come home!
3. Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing— Passing from you and from me; Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming— Coming for you, and for me!
Come home! Come home! Ye who are weary, come home! Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, Calling, O sinner, come home!
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!
Come home! Come home! Ye who are weary, come home! Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, Calling, O sinner, come home!
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