Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling

1 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

Come home come home
You who are weary come home
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling O sinner come home

2 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

3 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

4 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