Softly and Tenderly
- Authors
- Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909
- Year
- 1880
- Example Text
- Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling...Come home, come home
- Popularity
- 25%
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- Scripture References
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- 2 Chronicles 30:9
- Psalm 90:10; 101:2
- Isaiah 42:1-4; 55:1-12
- Hosea 6:1
- Matthew 9:9-13; 11:28-30; 21:32; 23:37
- Mark 2:15-17; 10:46-52
- Luke 5:27-32; 13:34; 15:3-7; 15:11-32
- John 3:16; 7:37-38; 10:3; 11:28; 13:1
- Romans 2:4; 5:6-11; 8:31-39
- 2 Corinthians 6:2
- Galatians 4:28-5:1
- Ephesians 2:1
- Philippians 2:12-13
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
- Hebrews 2:1-4
- James 4:14
- 1 John 1:9
- Revelation 3:20; 22:17
- Lyrics
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, 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 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
passing from you and from me;
shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
coming for you and for me. [Refrain]
4 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]
United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
- More Information
- hymnary.org