Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
Words: H. A. Davis, in The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, Georgia: A. J. Showalter, 1904), number 193.
Music: Ashbury Heights H. A. Davis, 1904 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Come to Jesus, come today,
He will take your sins away;
Come, O come, why do you wait?
Come, while open is the gate.
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Heed the gentle, loving call,
Taking Jesus as your all.
Then, O then you’ll happy be,
For His glory you shall see.
He is knocking at your heart,
Heed this call ere He depart;
Ask of Him His pardoning grace;
Find in Him a hiding place.
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Bring your guilt to Him with grief,
He will give you quick relief;
Jesus wept to see your state,
Come, or you may be too late.
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Cast on Him your every care;
All your sorrows He will share;
He your burdens all will take,
And will never thee forsake.
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