Songs

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling

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			11.7.11.7.Ref.

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!

		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 for you and for me.
	Shadows are gathering, deathbed is coming,
	Coming for you and for me.

4	Oh 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.


								W.L. Thompson