Bible Songs — Missionary Songs

Call Them In

"Call them in;"—the poor, the wretched,

No. 1257
Tune CALL THEM IN.
Words Miss Anna Shipton.
Music Ira D. Sankey, by per.
Key F major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

"Call them in;"—the poor, the wretched,Sin-stained wand'rers from the fold;Peace and pardon freely offer;Can you weigh their worth with gold?"Call them in,"—the weak, the weary,Laden with the doom of sin;Bid them come and rest in Jesus;He is waiting;—"call them in."

"Call them in;"—the Jew, the Gentile;Bid the stranger to the feast;"Call them in,"—the rich, the noble,From the highest to the least:Forth the Father runs to meet them,He hath all their sorrows seen;Robe, and ring, and royal sandals,Wait the lost ones;—"call them in."

"Call them in;"—the mere professors,Slumbering, sleeping, on death's brink;Nought of life are they possessors,Yet of safety vainly think:Bring them in;—the careless scoffers,Pleasure seekers of the earth:Tell of God's most gracious offers,And of Jesus' priceless worth.

"Call them in;"—the broken-hearted,Cow'ring 'neath the brand of shame;Speak Love's message low and tender,—"'Twas for sinners Jesus came:"See, the shadows lengthen round us,Soon the day-dawn will begin;Can you leave them lost and lonely?Christ is coming;—"call them in."

About this hymn

As printed As printed: no running head on p. 475 (the page opens with the hymn); hymn number «1257» (large, left), title «CALL THEM IN.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals); under it, centred, the epigraph «"Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in."—Luke 14 : 23.» (old-style figures); then «MISS ANNA SHIPTON.» at the left (words) and «IRA D. SANKEY, by per.» at the right (music), both in capitals and small capitals. «Moderato.» in bold italic over the first system. No meter and no reference line are printed. All the words are interlinear: four lines between the staves of each of the four systems, numbered «1.»–«4.» in system 1; there is no chorus. Under the music, centred: «Copyrighted 1876, by Ira D. Sankey.». In stanza 4 the words «Christ is coming;» are printed in italic. The print gives no verse lines: each stanza is set here in eight lines (8.7.8.7 D) by its rhymes and the phrases of the music. Words divided under the notes are joined («wretch-ed» → «wretched», «wan-d'rers» → «wand'rers», «Cow-'ring» → «Cow'ring», «price-less» → «priceless», «care-less» → «careless» …); the divisions are in `lyrics_syllables.txt`. Hyphens kept as part of the word: «Sin-stained», «broken-hearted», «day-dawn». Curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight; the printer's thin space before «;», «:» and «?» is closed up. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Nought», «Slumbering», «Father», «Love's message», «Jesus'»).