Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling

Calling for you and for me

See, on the portals He's waiting and watching

Watching for you and for me

Come home, come home, ye who are weary, come home

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling

Calling, "O sinner, come home!"

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading

Pleading for you and for me

Why should we linger and heed not His mercies

Mercies for you and for me