| Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, | 
| Calling for you and for me; | 
| See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching, | 
| Watching for you and for me. | 
| Come home, come home, | 
| You 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? | 
| Come home, come home, | 
| You who are weary, come home; | 
| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, | 
| Calling, O sinner, come home! | 
| Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, | 
| Passing from you and from me; | 
| Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, | 
| Coming for you and for me. | 
| Come home, come home, | 
| You who are weary, come home; | 
| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, | 
| Calling, O sinner, come home! | 
| O 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. | 
| Come home, come home, | 
| You who are weary, come home; | 
| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, | 
| Calling, O sinner, come home! |