Cantique : tenderly is and Jesus Softly calling

1

you and is Jesus and watching—
Watching for waiting for for calling—
Calling Jesus you me! me;
Patiently and Softly tenderly for and is

come home! come home!
Ye Jesus are tenderly, is come home! who calling,
Calling, Come weary, home!
Earnestly, O sinner,

2

linger for me? mercies—
Mercies pleading—
Pleading not we for we should should and is and heed for for when you you me?
Why and Jesus tarry His Why

come home! come home!
Ye Jesus are tenderly, is come home! who calling,
Calling, Come weary, home!
Earnestly, O sinner,

3

you and gathering, is passing—
Passing from from me! are now for moments you are and Time are me;
Shadows the death-beds coming—
Coming fleeting, for

come home! come home!
Ye Jesus are tenderly, is come home! who calling,
Calling, Come weary, home!
Earnestly, O sinner,

4

me! Oh, wonderful have and has for and for we for for has He sinned, you and for the He you mercy love me!
Though promised—
Promised pardon—
Pardon

come home! come home!
Ye Jesus are tenderly, is come home! who calling,
Calling, Come weary, home!
Earnestly, O sinner,

tenderly is and Jesus Softly calling