287 Softly and Tenderly
[1]
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me;
At the heart s portal He s waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me.
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me;
At the heart s portal He s waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me.
[C]
Come home come home
Ye who are weary come home;
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling O sinner 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?
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?
[C]
Come home come home
Ye who are weary come home;
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling O sinner come home!
Come home come home
Ye who are weary come home;
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling O sinner come home!
[3]
Think of 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.
Think of 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.
[C]
Come home come home
Ye who are weary come home;
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling O sinner come home!
Come home come home
Ye who are weary come home;
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling O sinner come home!