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Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling—
Calling for you and for me;
Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching—
Watching for you and for me!
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!
Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
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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?
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies—
Mercies for you and for me?
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Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing—
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming—
Coming for you and for me!
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming—
Coming for you and for me!
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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!
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon—
Pardon for you and for me!
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Lagos, Nigeria
Since I heard the song yesterday, I could not just take my heart and lips off the song. This song is full, I want to sing it so many more will hear the message in it.
Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
I love this song. I heard it when I was 5. It was beautiful in my ears and it is still ringing in my ears. It makes me wanna cry right now.
Pretoria, South Africa
Beautiful first hymn at my brother's funeral. I always feel concerned when I see how few of the younger generation know these words. All soo
true.
Dublin, Ireland
I attended a funeral Mass in Co.Limerick today and the widow of the deceased sang this awesome hymn, so magnificently from the alter, I will never forget this day or hymn...
Hamilon, Ontario, Canada
I like this song because, as my mother was dying, the words of the chorus kept going through my mind, "Jesus is calling, come home, come home". My wife and I sang the sang to her, that evening she did go Home.
Winnsboro, United States
my papaw just passed away and this was one of his favorite song to sing at church. this song means a lot to me and it is because of my papaw that it does.
Wa, Ghana
I enjoyed it so much, especially the piano sounds!!
United States
I love this hymn. It's woven into my earliest memories as a child. What a blessing to have grown up in an extended family who loved the Lord and went to church - teaching me of Christ. This hymn moves me with its sweet way of speaking to 'grace'.
Birch Bay, WA, United States
I am amazed and quite saddened that people are growing up these days IN THE CHURCH and not hearing the hymns. They are timeless and speak to a close walk with Him in a way contemporary music does not. It's just really sad. I have been trying to find the hymns as He has renewed my walk with Him and I so long to have nothing but Things of Him in my life. There are too many distractions as it is in life without allowing things like music to be one of them. I'm just clearing the clutter off my Path. A narrower path makes more room for His blessings.
Rockford, IL, United States
I recently heard this song for the first time at a funeral, and it reminded me of the short time we have to take Jesus as a Savior and go home to Him at the end. It has renewed a desire to find Jesus that I had lost after finding no inspiration after attending one of the more "modern" churches. Even though I am young at only 26, I find these classic gospel songs move me so much more than the new songs sung in churches.