← Calling Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 1282

Calling

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,

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.

Chorus.

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

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?

3

Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,Passing from you and from me;Shadows are gath'ring and death's night is coming,Coming for you and for me.

4

Think of 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.