118. Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

P.M.
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
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.
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