Scripture Verse

All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37

Introduction

Words: Jen­nie Wil­son, in Song-Land Mes­sen­ger No. 2, ed­it­ed by An­tho­ny J. Sho­wal­ter, John S. Hen­dricks et al. (Dall­as, Tex­as & Dal­ton, Geor­gia: Sho­wal­ter-Lin­coln & A. J. Sho­wal­ter, 1898), num­ber 218.

Music: No­va­rup­ta M. A. Green, 1898 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Green’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Jennie B. Wilson
1856–1913

Lyrics

Come to Je­sus, guilt con­fess­ing,
He will wash your sins away;
Come, re­ceive His pro­mised bless­ing,
Come to Je­sus, come today.

Refrain

Come to Je­sus with your bur­dens,
Bring to Him your fear and doubt;
He said, Who­so­ev­er com­eth,
I will in no wise cast out.

Come to­day, why long­er tar­ry
In the down­ward road to death?
Jesus all your cares will car­ry,
If you ask of Him in faith.

Refrain

Come, your an­gel friends are yearn­ing
In ex­ult­ant songs to tell
How your wea­ry feet are turn­ing
T’ward the ci­ty where they dwell.

Refrain

Come to­day, let an­gel voices
Herald thro’ the courts above,
That your par­doned soul re­joic­es,
Trusting in a Sav­ior’s love.

Refrain