Text:Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Author:Will Lamartine Thompson, 1847 - 1909
Tune:FOR YOU AND FOR ME
Composer:Will Lamartine Thompson, 1847 - 1909

578. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling

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.

Refrain:
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? [Refrain]

3 O, 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. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Author: Will Lamartine Thompson, 1847 - 1909
Refrain First Line: Come home, come home
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: The Church Year: Holy Week; The Life in Christ: Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ: Comfort and Rest
Tune Information
Name: FOR YOU AND FOR ME
Composer: Will Lamartine Thompson, 1847 - 1909
Meter: 11 7, 11 7. With Refrain.
Key: A♭ Major



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