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Come While You May

How sweet the voice that calls you home

Author: H. Leo Boles (1908)
Published in 3 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 How sweet the voice that calls you home,
That bids you to the Savior come;
His love and peace accept today,
Oh, come to Him now while you may!

Refrain:
Come while you may, O, come today!
Come, while inclined by love divine;
For Jesus waits at Heaven’s gate,
You to embrace with love and grace.

2 How tenderly the Master pleads,
O, then His love and truth I’ll heed!
How sad for me now to reject,
His pardon I will not neglect. [Refrain]

3 How often I have turned my heart;
With hope I will from sin depart,
For Jesus loves me still, I know,
I now in faith repent and go. [Refrain]

4 I will not be enticed by sin,
To stay in death away from Him;
I now resolve to do my best,
And in the arms of Christ I’ll rest. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13292

Author: H. Leo Boles

Henry Leo Boles was born near Gainesboro, Tennessee in 1874. He graduated from Burritt College (Spencer, Tennessee) in 1900, Nashville Bible College in 1906, and received an M.A. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1920. In the fall of 1906 he became a faculty member at David Lipscomb College (then Nashville Bible College) teaching philosophy and mathematics. In 1913 he became president of the college and taught Bible. For 40 years he was also a contributor and editor for the Gospel Advocate and wrote several books. Dianne Shapiro from "Biographical Sketch on the Life of H. Leo Boles" by Gussie Lambert from "History of the Restoration Movement" (therestorationmovement.com, accessed Sept. 8, 2024) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: How sweet the voice that calls you home
Title: Come While You May
Author: H. Leo Boles (1908)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Come while you may, O, come today!
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13292
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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Sacred Songs of the Church #432

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The Cyber Hymnal #13292

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