Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:21
Words: David A. Moxey, in Sacred Songs No. 1, by Ira Sankey, James McGranahan & George C. Stebbins (New York: Biglow & Main, 1896), number 91.
Music: Ira D. Sankey (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Moxey (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord,
Whosoever shall call, shall be saved
;
O hear the glad message proclaimed in the Word,
Three times from high Heaven ’tis waved.
Refrain
Lord, I call, and I mean it; I call yet again;
I confess Thee my Savior and Lord;
As I do so, I’m saved! God says it; Amen!
I believe Him and rest on His Word.
Whosoever
means me, whosoever
means you,
Whosoever
means anyone here;
Then come unto Him with a penitent heart,
And call on His name while He’s near.
Refrain
But how shall I call, then? By faith with thy heart,
Unto all who thus call He is nigh;
Nigh to bless, and to save, and His Spirit impart,
And to calm with His love every sigh.
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And when shall I call? Lo, the message is Now
;
And when will He answer my cry?
The dying thief asked Him; the answer was Thou
on high.
E’en today shalt be with Me
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Redemption is finished—you’ve only to ask;
All the doing the Savior hath done;
Then believe, and receive what your Father bestows
Thro’ the wonderful gift of His Son.
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