Hymn: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling (2024)

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Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling—
Calling for you and for me;
Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching—
Watching for you and for me!
Come home! come home!
Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!

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

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Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing—
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming—
Coming for you and for me!
Come home! come home!
Ye who are weary, come home!
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!

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

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May 25 2024

Bienvinido Fuentes

Manila, Bulacan, Philippines

This song is very nice and good for everyone..

May 19 2024

Ogedengbe Nathaniel

Akure, Ondo, Nigeria

When weariness of the spirit and soul set in

That's the appropriate time to return to the feet of the cross to draw strength for the onward journey to eternity.

I am tired and almost fainted when the Holy Spirit whispered this song into my heart.

Come home! come home!

Ye who are weary, come home!

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,

Calling, O sinner, come home!

I believe that this hymn isn't for sinners only, it's a strong words of encouragement to a Christian pilgrim who is getting tired and drained as a result of the temptations and tribulations on the way.

Feb 24 2024

Fideliz Ann

Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Yes! Yes! Yes! Jesus is indeed calling us home. I have been trying to recall this emotional hymn but I find it difficult to remember. But just this morning, when I was in bed sleeping, this song kept ringing in my dream. So I have to wake up and write the words... thank you Jesus for your salvation for us....

Nov 20 2023

Valentine Chukwuemeka

Lagos, Nigeria

This is a clarion call for all believers indeed to go all out tell the sinners that JESUS is calling them to come with all their sins and receive the salvation of God

Sep 17 2023

Anonymous

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

We need to ask for forgiveness from God because we have fallen short of His glory. May we receive mercies in Jesus Mighty name Amen. Shallom.

Feb 16 2023

Earnestine Thomas-Natache

Port St. Lucie, FL, United States

This song is very emotional for me. It tells how much God loves me and is tarrying for me to come to Him now just as I am. I surrendered my life to God many years ago, and just want to be at peace with Him. He’s truly a good, good father.

Jan 18 2023

Natasha Williams

Brooklyn, New York, United States

I was just blessed with this song

Nov 1 2022

Dritz Occeus

Boynton Beach, Florida, Haiti

Very nice song l really worship with it. I feel bless.

Jun 19 2022

Oghenekohworho Oghenetega

Gboko, Benue, Nigeria

As I was going through this hymn this morning, I discovered that there is a home in Jesus.

I also remember my brother who went from home, also came back from his exile of wrong friends... When he left home all I could pray was God let him come home..

Make the world uncomfortable for him and bring him back home.. thank God today he is back home.

And as I went through the song I noticed there are so many out there today who needs to come home.

Please help me beg God to bring them home...

Jun 9 2022

CM

Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling—

Calling for you and for me;

Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching—

Watching for you and for me!

I singing this hymn I was reminded of the Parable of the Father Receiving His Son in Luke 15: 11-32 Lord May many respond to Your calling. Thank You for Your love for us.

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Is Softly and Tenderly a funeral song? ›

It is among the most prolifically translated gospel songs and is used throughout many denominations of Christianity. This hymn was sung at the funeral of Martin Luther King Junior.

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Come home, come home,Ye 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.

Who wrote the hymn Gentle Jesus Meek and Mild? ›

24% The hymn “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild” is an early children's hymn written by Charles Wesley and published in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742), then later republished in Hymns for Children (1763).

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Here are some of the most popular funeral songs:

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Wind Beneath My Wings has been one of the most popular funeral songs since its release.

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And since Jesus was the head of the meal, he likely led the song—this doxology. Historians and scholars say they probably sang from Psalm 118, the last of the Passover Psalms. The refrain of this Psalms is, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

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G ENTLE Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee.

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