Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Come ye sinners poor and needy
Topic: Christ/Crucifixion
Writer: Charles Wesley
Composer: Asahel Nettleton
Meter: 8s 7s and 4
Tune: Nettleton
Hymn Number: 685
Page Number: 254, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCOME, ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love and pow'r;
He is able,
He is willing--doubt no more.
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth,
Is to feel your need of Him;
This He gives you,
'Tis the Saviour's rising beam.
Come, you weary, heavy-laden,
Bruis'd 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 Saviour 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.