STRAYING far on sin's dark mountain,
Like a sheep that's gone astray,
Every moment takes you farther
From the straight and narrow way.
Refrain—
Come, O come, He will receive you, Come,
O come, His word believe, Come,
O come, for He will save you.
He will all your sins forgive.
As a silly sheep, not knowing
Where the path it treads will lead,
are straying into darkness;
None but Christ can meet your need.
Listen to the wondrous story:
Jesus came the lost to save.
Gave His precious blood on Calvary,
Rose victorious o'er the grave.
Lives in glory to receive you:
None are ever turned away,
While the door of mercy's open,
While 'tis called salvation's day.
Now to you He calls in mercy,
'Tis to you, to all oppressed,
Yea, to you the word is written,
"Come, and I will give you rest."
Then delay not till tomorrow,
Soon will pass salvation's day,
You will then be gone forever
To another world to stay.