Softly and Tenderly

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

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Come home, come home;

Ye who are weary come home;

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling

Calling, O sinner, come home!

Why should we tary 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?

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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

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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

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