Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 287.
Verse 1
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me; At the heart’s portals He’s waiting and watching, Watching for you and for me.
Refrain
Come home, come home; Ye who are weary come home; Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, Calling, O sinner, come home!
Verse 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?
Verse 3
Think of 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.