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JESUS IS PASSING THIS WAY (Hoffman)

Scripture Verse

They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, and he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. Luke 18:37–38

Introduction

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Elisha Hoffman (1839–1929)

Words: Eli­sha A. Hoff­man, Spir­it­ual Songs for Gos­pel Meet­ings and the Sun­day School (Cleve­land, Ohio: Sam­uel Bark­er, 1878), num­ber 52.

Music: John H. Ten­ney (🔊 ).

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John H. Tenney (1840–1918)

Lyrics

Is there a sin­ner await­ing
Mercy and par­don to­day?
Welcome the news that we bring him:
Jesus is pass­ing this way!
Coming in love and in mer­cy,
Pardon and peace to be­stow,
Coming to save the poor sin­ner
From his heart ang­uish and woe.

Refrain

Jesus is pass­ing this way,
Today, to­day;
While He is near, O be­lieve Him,
Open your heart to re­ceive Him,
For Jes­us is pass­ing this way,
Is pass­ing this way to­day.

Brother, the Mas­ter is wait­ing,
Waiting to free­ly for­give;
Why not this moment ac­cept Him,
Trust in His grace and live?
He is so ten­der and pre­cious,
He is so near you to­day;
Open your heart to re­ceive Him,
While He is pass­ing this way.

Refrain

Yes, He is com­ing to bless you
While in con­tri­tion you bow;
Coming from sin to re­deem you,
Ready to save you now;
Can you re­fuse the sal­va­tion
Jesus is of­fer­ing here?
Open your heart to ad­mit Him,
While He is com­ing so near.

Refrain