Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28–30
Words: Joseph Hart, Hymns Composed on Various Subjects 1759.
Music: Bryn Calfaria William Owen, 1852 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Hart or Owen (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity joined with power;
He is able, He is able, He is able,
He is willing, doubt no more;
He is willing, doubt no more.
Come, ye needy, come, and welcome;
God’s free bounty glorify:
True belief and true repentance,
Every grace that brings us nigh;
Without money, without money,
Without money,
Come to Jesus Christ and buy;
Come to Jesus Christ and buy.
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.
This He gives you, This He gives you,
This He gives you,
’Tis the Spirit’s rising beam,
’Tis the Spirit’s rising beam.
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Bruised and mangled by the fall;
If you tarry till you’re better,
You will never come at all;
Not the righteous, not the righteous,
Not the righteous,
Sinners Jesus came to call;
Sinners Jesus came to call.
View Him groveling in the garden;
Lo! Your maker prostrate lies!
On the bloody tree behold Him,
Hear Him cry before He dies;
It is finished! It is finished!
It is finished!
Sinners, will not this suffice,
Sinners, will not this suffice?
Lo! th’incarnate God, ascended,
Pleads the merit of His blood;
Venture on Him, venture wholly;
Let no other trust intrude;
None but Jesus, none but Jesus,
None but Jesus,
Can do helpless sinners good;
Can do helpless sinners good.
Saints and angels joined in concert,
Sing the praises of the Lamb;
While the blissful seats of Heaven
Sweetly echo with His name.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah!
Sinners here may sing the same,
Sinners here may sing the same.