Scripture Verse

Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Introduction

Words: F. H. H. T. (not fur­ther iden­ti­fied), in Pearls of Praise, ed­it­ed by Chris­tian Am­stutz & James J. Jel­ley (Bluff­ton, Ohio: Am­stutz Mu­sic, 1893), num­ber 74.

Music: Chris­tian D. Am­stutz (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the ly­ri­cist’s name, or where to get a good pic­ture of him or Am­stutz (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Come to the Sav­ior and par­don re­ceive,
Jesus will wel­come you now!
Look to the Cru­ci­fied, on­ly be­lieve,
Jesus will wel­come you now!

Refrain

Jesus will wel­come you now!
Jesus will wel­come you now!
Do not de­lay—ac­cept Him to­day,
He’s wait­ing to wel­come you now!

Trust in His mer­its, be­lieve in His love,
Jesus will wel­come you now!
Drink of the fount­ain that flows from above,
Jesus will wel­come you now!

Refrain

His is com­pas­sion that know­eth no end,
Jesus will wel­come you now!
Why will you slight such a dear, lov­ing friend?
Jesus will wel­come you now!

Refrain

Boundless His mer­cy, His love, oh, how great,
Jesus will wel­come you now!
Come to Him glad­ly, oh, why will you wait?
Jesus will wel­come you now!

Refrain