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Rescue the perishing,
Care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep o’er the erring one,
Lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus the mighty to save.
Care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep o’er the erring one,
Lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus the mighty to save.
Rescue the perishing,
Care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful,
Jesus will save.
Care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful,
Jesus will save.
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Though they are slighting Him,
Still He is waiting,
Waiting the penitent child to receive;
Plead with them earnestly,
Plead with them gently;
He will forgive if they only believe.
Still He is waiting,
Waiting the penitent child to receive;
Plead with them earnestly,
Plead with them gently;
He will forgive if they only believe.
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Down in the human heart,
Crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart,
Wakened by kindness,
Chords that are broken will vibrate once more.
Crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart,
Wakened by kindness,
Chords that are broken will vibrate once more.
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Rescue the perishing,
Duty demands it;
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
Back to the narrow way,
Patiently win them;
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.
Duty demands it;
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
Back to the narrow way,
Patiently win them;
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.
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Dagenham, Essex, United Kingdom
One of the greatest healing hymns and evergreen hit. Thank you!
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
After praying earnestly for someone battling a life-threatening illness, I felt strongly led by the Holy Spirit. Yesterday, I received God's assurance of healing, and this morning He spoke to me again through a dream. As I woke up reflecting on it, the hymn "Care for the Perishing" came to my heart. Searching for the complete lyrics led me to this page. I'm grateful I found them here. Thank you for sharing.
Lagos, Oyo, Nigeria
After a midnight prayer, the Holy Spirit reminded me about the writer of this song, Fanny J. Crosby, that if a blind woman can be preaching the gospel, which excuse did I have.
It's a wake up call for me...... I bless God
Fremont, California, United States
Praise the Lord! Our wonderful Savior rescued us! Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save! Hallelujah 😀
Accra, Ghana
rescue the perishing🙏🙏🙏👌🙏🙏🙏
Ugep, Cross River, Nigeria
I heard the whisper of this song in my heart, the chorus, and and felt it was the Holy Spirit leading me to something. I say so because the last time I heard this song was over three decades ago and I had to google to get the song.
It's weighty, people are dying, perishing - the young and middle aged especially.
It's a wake up call for me.
Thank you for the work you do. More grace.
Accra, Ghana
I was introduce to this hymn by my teachers at a primary, mission school.
Without these schools we all wonder where we would be.
Without these hymns, we still wonder where we'd be.
Their basic duty as teachers and missionaries is to rescue the perishing
Praise the Lord oh my soul and forget not His Benefits
Vista, CA, United States
I first sang this song as a trainee in the full-time training in Taipei, Taiwan, 1986–1987. When we were coordinating with the Lord to do just that, rescue, and a big rescue of over 30, 000, I believe, saved, and baptized within two years. Thank you, Lord.
Today, residing in Southern California, all my life when the fires first hit, the wake up call to me, is not the celebrity homes burning, but to us Christians to rescue the current impacted, and to fulfill the longtime burden for us to be continually rescuing. Especially since the 40 year anniversary, 1984, the start of the God Ordained Way. Why we were in Taiwan, the lab, with our brother discovering and carrying out this way. Amen, Lord strengthen us all to continue to ‘go forth’ (Jn. 15) and ‘go, therefore’ (Mt. 28) and bear the fruit for the Father‘s glory.
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Few hymns, ancient or modern, have been more useful, or more variously used than this little sermon and song from Luke 14:23 by the blind poet, Fanny J Crosby. It is sung not only in the church prayer meetings with its spiritual meaning and application, but in Salvation Army camps and marches, in school-mission devotions, and in social settlement services, in King‘s Daughters and Sons of Temperance meetings, and in the rallies of every reform organization that seeks the lost and fallen
The tune is by W. H. Doane composed in 1870.
(Brown and Butterworth 1906)
Arlington, Virginia, United States
I was introduced to this beautiful song when I was very young in the church that I attended. It meant so very much to me then, and here many years later this song mean even more as I live a surrendered life in Jesus Christ my Lord. To God be the Glory!