Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
#1020 Hymns—For Home and Church0:00 / 0:00
Lyrics
Verse 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!
Chorus
Come home! Come home! Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling—
Calling, O sinner, come home!
Verse 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?
Chorus
Come home! Come home! Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling—
Calling, O sinner, come home!
Verse 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!
Chorus
Come home! Come home! Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
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Attribution
Music by: Will L. Thompson, 1880; arr. 2025 | THOMPSON
Text by: Will L. Thompson, 1880
Audio files from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints