Thursday, October 14, 2021

Softly and Gently

 


One of our friends died last week.  Warren was a gentle person and we all met together on Thursday morning at a restaurant for singing, fellowship, breakfast, a lesson from the Bible and then prayers.  We do all this in a one hour session. Today we sang this sweet old hymn. Jesus is calling sinners home to him for salvation and our home forever with him.


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.


Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!


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?


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.


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.
          


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