Come Just As You Are

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1 Ye who are troubled and burdened by sin,
Come just as you are.
Come to the Savior, a new life begin.
Oh, come just as you are!

Refrain:
Come just as you are.
Oh, come just as you are!
Turn from your sin, let the Savior come in,
and come just as you are.

2 Deep in your heart sin has written its scar;
Come just as you are.
Though from your Father you've wandered afar,
Oh, come just as you are! [Refrain]

3 Sinful and guilty, heart-broken and lost,
Come just as you are.
Think what your ransom on Calvary cost!
Oh, come just as you are! [Refrain]

4 Naught of your goodness for sin can atone;
Come just as you are.
Trust in the merit of Jesus alone,
And come just as you are! [Refrain]

5 Come with your heartache, your sorrow and pain;
Come just as you are.
No one has come to the Savior in vain.
Oh, come just as you are! [Refrain]


Source: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #196

Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ye who are troubled and burdened by sin
Title: Come Just As You Are
Author: Haldor Lillenas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Come just as you are
Publication Date: 1928
Copyright: Public Domain

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