414 | Glory to God#415 | 416 |
Text: | Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy |
Author (refrain): | anon. |
Author (stanzas): | Joseph Hart |
Tune: | RESTORATION |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
full of pity, love, and power.
Refrain:
I will arise and go to Jesus;
he will embrace me in his arms.
In the arms of my dear Savior,
O there are ten thousand charms.
2 Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome;
God’s free bounty glorify,
true belief and true repentance,
every grace that brings you nigh. [Refrain]
3 Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
lost and ruined by the fall;
if you tarry till you’re better,
you will never come at all. [Refrain]
4 Let not conscience make you linger,
nor of fitness fondly dream;
all the fitness he requireth
is to feel your need of him. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, ye sinners, poor and needy |
Title: | Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy |
Author (stanzas): | Joseph Hart (1759, alt.) |
Author (refrain): | anon. |
Refrain First Line: | I will arise and go to Jesus |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Atonement; Confession; Healing(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RESTORATION |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 with refrain |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | Walker’s Southern Harmony, 1835 |
The differing voices of this text indicate that its parts were not created together. The stanzas are cast in the voice of a preacher or exhorter, but the refrain (added later) takes the voice of a penitent heeding that call in language like that of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:18).
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |