Come unto Me.
Matthew 11:28
Words: W. H. Burrell, in Songs of Joy and Gladness, by John Sweney, William J. Kirkpatrick et al. (Boston, Massachusetts: McDonald, Gill & Company, 1885), number 176.
Music: Arranged from John R. Sweney (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Burrell’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
With my sin-wounded soul,
To be made fully whole,
And Thy perfect salvation to see,
With my heart all aglow,
To be washed white as snow,
I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee,
I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee,
With my heart all aglow,
To be washed white as snow,
I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
Oh how long I have tried,
To resist nature’s tide!
All in vain I have sighed to be free;
In myself all undone,
’Neath the waves sinking down,
I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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I Thy promise believe,
That in Thee I shall live,
Thro’ Thy blood shed so freely for me;
To obtain a pure heart,
And secure the good part,
I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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To be Thine, wholly Thine,
Precious Savior divine,
With my all consecrated to Thee;
To be kept every hour,
By Thy love’s wondrous power,
I am coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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