Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Come you sinners poor and needy
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s 7s and 4
Tune: Invitation
Hymn Number: 231
Page Number: 088, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome, you sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love, and power;
He is able, He is able,
He is willing--doubt no more,
He is able, He is able,
He is willing--doubt no more.
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dreams;
All the fitness he requireth,
Is to fell your need of him:
This he gives you,
'T is the Savior's rising beam.
Come, you weary, heavy laden,
Bruised and mangled by the fall;
If you tarry till you're better,
You will never come at all:
Not the righteous--
Sinners, Jesus came to call.
Agonizing in the garden,
Lo! your Savior prostrate lies!
On the bloody tree behold him!
Hear him cry before he dies,
"It is finished!"
Sinners, will not this suffice?
Lo! the rising Lord, ascending,
Pleads the virtue of his blood:
Venture on him, venture freely,
Let no other trust intrude:
None but Jesus
Can do helpless sinners good.
Saints and angels, joined in concert,
Sing the praises of the Lamb,
While the blissful seats of heaven
Sweetly echo to his name,
Hallelujah!
Sinners now his love proclaim.