| Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
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| Calling for you and for me;
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| See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
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| Watching for you and for me.
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| Come home, come home,
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| You who are weary, come home;
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| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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| Calling, O sinner, come home!
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| Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
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| Pleading for you and for me?
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| Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
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| Mercies for you and for me?
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| Come home, come home,
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| You who are weary, come home;
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| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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| Calling, O sinner, come home!
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| Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
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| Passing from you and from me;
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| Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
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| Coming for you and for me.
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| Come home, come home,
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| You who are weary, come home;
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| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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| Calling, O sinner, come home!
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| O for the wonderful love He has promised,
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| Promised for you and for me!
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| Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
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| Pardon for you and for me.
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| Come home, come home,
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| You who are weary, come home;
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| Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
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| Calling, O sinner, come home! |