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| Softly and Tenderly |
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| 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. |
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| 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? |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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