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[Jesus, the Savior, is calling today]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. H. Kurtz Incipit: 32154 56165 61232 Used With Text: Come to the Saviour

Author: G. H. K.; Mrs. C. M. Alexander Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesus, the Saviour, is calling today Refrain First Line: Come, come, do not delay Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the Saviour, is calling today, Sinner, will you come? Do not reject Him, oh turn not away, Sinner, will you come? Refrain: Come, come, do not delay, Jesus is tenderly pleading, Waiting to pardon and welcome you home, Oh, come to Him while you may. 2 Many are wandering far from the fold, Dying, sick and sore, Christ, the good Shepherd, with mercy untold, Seeks them evermore. [Refrain] 3 Come to Me ye that are weary and worn, I will give you rest, Easy the yoke when with Me it is borne, Take it and be blest. [Refrain] 4 Certain the road to eternity lies, Bringing life or woe, Jesus will give you a home in the skies, Can you still say No? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Jesus, the Savior, is calling today]

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Come to the Saviour

Author: G. H. K.; Mrs. C. M. Alexander Hymnal: Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 #37 (1910) First Line: Jesus, the Saviour, is calling today Refrain First Line: Come, come, do not delay Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the Saviour, is calling today, Sinner, will you come? Do not reject Him, oh turn not away, Sinner, will you come? Refrain: Come, come, do not delay, Jesus is tenderly pleading, Waiting to pardon and welcome you home, Oh, come to Him while you may. 2 Many are wandering far from the fold, Dying, sick and sore, Christ, the good Shepherd, with mercy untold, Seeks them evermore. [Refrain] 3 Come to Me ye that are weary and worn, I will give you rest, Easy the yoke when with Me it is borne, Take it and be blest. [Refrain] 4 Certain the road to eternity lies, Bringing life or woe, Jesus will give you a home in the skies, Can you still say No? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, the Savior, is calling today]

Come while you may

Author: G. H. K.; Mrs. C. M. Alexander Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 2 #104 (1916) First Line: Jesus the Saviour is calling today Refrain First Line: Come, come, do not delay Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus the Saviour is calling today]

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Helen C. A. Dixon

1877 - 1969 Person Name: Mrs. C. M. Alexander Author of "Come to the Saviour" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 Dixon, Helen Cadbury Alexander (b. 1877, Birmingham, Eng.; d. Mar. 1, 1969, Birmingham, Eng.) was the daughter of Richard Cadbury, a prominent British industrialist and philanthropist who was a member of the Quaker fellowship and keenly interested in evangelical mission work; attended the university and spent some time in Germany, studying music and language; in 1904 married Charles M. Alexander, songleader with evangelist R. A. Torrey; traveled with her husband and assisted him in his worldwide ministry with both Torrey and J. Wilbur Chapman (q.v.) until his death in 1920; assisted J. Kennedy Maclean in writing the biography, Charles M. Alexander: A Romance of Song and Soul-Winning, 1921; in 1924 married Amsji C. Dixon. Don Hustad, DNAH Archives