Scripture Verse

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36

Introduction

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Eliza E. Hewitt (1851–1920)

Words: Eli­za E. Hew­itt, in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4, ed­it­ed by John Swe­ney, Hen­ry L. Gil­mour & J. How­ard Ent­wisle (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1897), num­ber 120.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Come away to Je­sus;
He is will­ing to for­give,
His love will shine around you
Every mo­ment that you live;
You’ll find Him good and true,
The pil­grim jour­ney thro’,
He’ll do bet­ter for you
Than this world can do.

Refrain

He’ll do bet­ter for you
Than this world can do;
He’s a migh­ty Sav­ior,
He is good and true;
He’ll save you by His grace,
Until you see His face;
He’ll do bet­ter for you
Than this world can do.

Come away to Je­sus;
Let il­lu­sive tri­fles go,
For ev­er­last­ing bless­ing
He is able to be­stow;
He’ll an­swer when you pray,
He’ll take your sins away,
Lead you up and on­ward
To His per­fect day.

Refrain

Come away to Je­sus;
From your earth­ly idols part,
And take His great sal­va­tion,
For it sa­tis­fies the heart;
He’ll op­en to your view
His trea­sures ev­er new,
He’ll do bet­ter for you
Than this world can do.

Refrain