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The Call of the Galilean

I hear the Galilean gently calling

Author: Elsie Duncan Yale
Tune: [I hear the Galilean gently calling]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I hear the Galilean gently calling,
His voice is sounding sweet and clear;
How tenderly His accents now are falling,
He bids me unto Him draw near
He calls as once of yore,
Beside the sunlit shore.

Refrain:
He calls me, O yes He calls me to His service sweet,
He calls me to His perfect peace, His joy complete;
He’ll keep me, forever keep me, and I cannot fall,
I’ll own His sway, His voice obey, and heed His call.

2 I hear the Galilean gently pleading,
Can I resist His gracious word?
Can I remain aloof, and all unheeding
The sweetest message ever heard? [Refrain]

3 I hear the Galilean gently saying,
Come unto me and find thy rest;
Then let me seek His side no more delaying,
And heed the heav’nly call so blest. [Refrain]

Source: Jubilate : A Modern Sunday-School Hymnal #29

Author: Elsie Duncan Yale

Born: Oc­to­ber 21, 1873, Brook­lyn, New York. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 30, 1956, San Ber­nar­di­no Coun­ty, Cal­i­for­nia. Pseudonym: Grace Gor­don. Elsie’s fa­ther was New York Shipp­ing Com­miss­ion­er Charles C. Dun­can. --www.hymntime.com… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I hear the Galilean gently calling
Title: The Call of the Galilean
Author: Elsie Duncan Yale
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He calls me, O yes, He calls me
Publication Date: 1917
Copyright: Public Domain

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Jubilate #29

Jubilate Sunday School Hymnal #29

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