Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling

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!

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?

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!

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!