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Come Unto Me
Author: Charlotte Murray Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary Used With Tune: [Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Come Unto Me
[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur J. Smith Incipit: 55565 53321 56671 Used With Text: Seeking, Calling, Knocking
[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J.M. Dungan Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 33343 21765 17777 Used With Text: Jesus is Waiting
[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 32132 16166 51123 Used With Text: Jesus is Waiting
[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Jesus is Waiting
Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.1 #137 (1887) First Line: Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary Refrain First Line: Jesus is waiting, He standeth and knocketh Lyrics: 1 Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary,
Worn with the world’s fruitless striving for peace,
Tired with a night-watch that knoweth no morning,
Sick with a heartache that earth cannot ease.
Refrain:
Jesus is waiting, He standeth and knocketh,
Calling in love upon each one oppressed,
Come unto me, sinner, weary and laden;
I will receive you and give you my rest.
2 Long have you striven to find it without me,
Sought it in feelings emotional, vain;
These have all failed you, and still you are restless,
Seeking to purchase what naught can obtain. [Refrain]
3 Will you not come? you need no preparation,
Stay not to think, but come just as you are.
Bring nothing with you, for love giveth freely,
Peace, perfect peace that no sorrow can mar. [Refrain]
4 Doubting and troubled one, can you not trust me?
Able to save you from every ill,
Able to lead you through conflict to glory,
Able to way to life’s storm, “Peace be still.” [Refrain]
5 Oh I am yearning to see you unburdened,
Death did I suffer that you might be free.
Will you not come? and by life consecration,
Try to win others and bring them to me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Jesus is Waiting
Seeking, Calling, Knocking
Author: C. Murray Hymnal: Living Hymns #5 (1890) First Line: Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary Refrain First Line: Jesus is seeking, Jesus is calling Lyrics: 1 Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary,
Worn with the world’s fruitless striving for peace;
Tired with a night-watch that knoweth no morning,
Sick with a heartache that earth cannot ease.
Chorus:
Jesus is seeking, Jesus is calling,
Will you not come to him now,
Jesus is knocking, Jesus is waiting,
Waiting to save you now.
2 Jesus is waiting, he standeth and knocketh,
Calling in love unto each one oppressed--
"Come unto me, sinner, weary and laden,
I will receive you, and give you my rest."
[Chorus]
3 "Will you not come? you need no preparation,
Stay not to think, but come just as you are.
Bring nothing with you, for love giveth freely,
Peace--perfect peace--that no sorrow can mar.
[Chorus]
4 Oh, I am yearning to see you unburdened,
Death did I suffer that you might be free.
Will you not come, and by life consecration,
Try to win others, and bring them to me?"
[Chorus]
Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Seeking, Calling, Knocking
Seeking, Calling, Knocking
Author: Charlotte Murray Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5960 First Line: Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary Refrain First Line: Jesus is seeking; Jesus is calling Lyrics: 1. Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary,
Worn with the world’s fruitless striving for peace;
Tired with a night-watch that knoweth no morning,
Sick with a heartache that earth cannot ease.
Refrain
Jesus is seeking; Jesus is calling;
Will you not come to Him now?
Jesus is knocking; Jesus is waiting,
Waiting to save you now.
2. Jesus is waiting, He standeth and knocketh,
Calling in love unto each one oppressed?
Come unto Me, sinner, weary and laden;
I will receive you and give you My rest. [Refrain]
3. Will you not come? you need no preparation;
Stay not to think, but come just as you are.
Bring nothing with you, for love giveth freely,
Peace—perfect peace—that no sorrow can mar. [Refrain]
4. O, I am yearning to see you unburdened;
Death did I suffer that you might be free.
Will you not come, and by life consecration,
Try to win others, and bring them to Me? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]
Seeking, Calling, Knocking
H. L. Gilmour
1836 - 1920 Composer of "[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]" in The Emory Hymnal No. 2 Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident.
John Perry
H. L. Gilmour
Charlotte Murray
Person Name: C. Murray Author of "Seeking, Calling, Knocking" in Living Hymns
Charlotte Murray
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Jesus is waiting to welcome the weary]" in Songs of Perfect Love John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
