Come to Me.
Matthew 11:28
Words: W. Ryland Martin, in The Christian Church Hymnal, edited by Harvey R. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 1906), number 262.
Music: T. H. R. Christie (🔊 pdf nwc).
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One evening while burdened with care,
Opposing my Savior so fair,
A sinner, a human disguisèd,
One lonely, forsaken, despised.
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Christ who was crucified,
In love’s compassion cried,
Come home, My erring child,
;
I’ll make thee whole
O’er me the peaceful dove
Spread the broad wings of love;
Longed I for Heav’n above,
Home of the soul.
Tho’ weary of earth’s fiercest din,
Arrayed in the garments of sin,
I held to my sad unbelief,
But should have been seeking relief.
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Now finding my hopes were in vain,
That Christ for the sinner was slain,
Then I who had wandered astray,
Returned to my Savior’s own way.
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