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Text:Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Author:Willi L. Thompson, 1847-1909
Tune:THOMPSON
Composer:Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909

557. Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

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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,
you who are weary, come home;
earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
calling for you to 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
Title: Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Author: Willi L. Thompson, 1847-1909
Refrain First Line: Come home, come home
Meter: 11 7 11 7 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2003
Topic: Conversion; Love of God for Us; Mercy (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: THOMPSON
Composer: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909
Meter: 11 7 11 7 with refrain
Key: G Major or modal



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