Scripture Verse

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Introduction

Words: Har­ry H. Pal­mer, in Hymns of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, ed­it­ed by Sam­uel W. Adri­ance (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1888), num­ber 82.

Music: Ri­ver Ci­ty Charles C. Treat, 1888 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Pal­mer or Treat (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Come to the Mas­ter, wan­der­er,
Come to your long sought home;
Jesus is call­ing, call­ing:
Come, ne­ver more to roam.

Come to the Mas­ter, sin­ner,
Cast off your wea­ry load;
Angels are beck­on­ing, beck­on­ing,
All down the nar­row road.

Come to the Mas­ter, come ye,
Heed now the ear­nest call;
Jesus is wait­ing, wait­ing:
Haste, at His feet to fall.

Soon will the strife be ov­er,
What, then, will be your fate?
Jesus is plead­ing, plead­ing:
Come, e’er it be too late.