Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Joy and Glad­ness (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Mc­Don­ald & Gill, 1885). Some hym­nals give the au­thor as H. E. Blair, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

Still out of Christ, when so oft He has called you,
Why will you long­er re­fuse to be­lieve?
What can you hope from the world or its plea­sure?
How can you trust them when both will de­ceive?

Refrain

Come, come to Je­sus, wea­ry, hea­vy hearte­d,
Come, come to Je­sus while you may;
Now He is wait­ing, wait­ing to re­ceive you.
Hark! He is call­ing you to­day.

Still out of Christ, and the mo­ments so pre­cious,
Night is ap­proach­ing, oh, what will you do?
Still out of Christ, yet there’s room at the foun­tain,
Free are its wa­ters, and flow­ing for you.

Refrain

Still out of Christ, yet for you there is mer­cy,
If you are will­ing to turn from your sin;
Yonder He stands at the door of sal­va­tion,
Waiting to par­don and wel­come you in.

Refrain

Still out of Christ, and the love He has pro­mised;
How you are long­ing that love to re­ceive!
Haste where the star of your faith is di­rect­ing,
Haste, and this mo­ment re­pent and be­lieve.

Refrain