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\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = a { \set stanza = "1. "
	Soft -- ly and ten -- der -- ly Je -- sus is call -- ing,
	Call -- ing for you and for me;
	See, on the por -- tals He's wait -- ing and watch -- ing,
	Watch -- ing for you and for me.

	Come home, come home, Ye who are wea -- ry, come home;
	Ear -- nest -- ly, ten -- der -- ly, Je -- sus is call -- ing,
	Call -- ing, O sin -- ner, come home!
}
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = b { \set stanza = "2. "
	Why should we tar -- ry when Je -- sus is plead -- ing,
	Plead -- ing for you and for me?
	Why should we lin -- ger and heed not His mer -- cies,
	mer -- cies for you and for me?
}
\lyricsto "altvox" \context Lyrics = c { \set stanza = "3. "
	Time is now fleet -- ing; the mo -- ments are pass -- ing,
	Pass -- ing from you and from me.
	Shad -- ows are gath -- er -- ing, death -- beds are com -- ing,
	Com -- ing for you and for me.

	Come home, come home,
}
\lyricsto "sopvox" \context Lyrics = d { \set stanza = "4. "
	Oh! for the won -- der -- ful love He has prom -- ised,
	prom -- ised for you and for me;
	Tho' we have sinned, He has mer -- cy and par -- don,
	par -- don for you and for me.
}
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