Text: | Softly and Tenderly |
Author: | Will L. Thompson (1847-1909) |
Tune: | [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling] |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson (1847-1909) |
1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
calling for you and for me;
see, on the portals he’s 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 tary 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 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. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling |
Title: | Softly and Tenderly |
Author: | Will L. Thompson (1847-1909) |
Refrain First Line: | Come home, come home, Ye who are weary, come home; |
Meter: | 11.7.11.7.Ref. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Gospel: Invitation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling] |
Composer: | Will L. Thompson (1847-1909) |
Meter: | 11.7.11.7.Ref. |
Incipit: | 32117 12166 51113 |
Key: | G Major or modal |