Whosoever will, let him take the free gift of the water of life.
Revelation 22:17
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Songs of Triumph, edited by John Swanel Inskip (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: National Publishing Association for Promotion of Holiness, 1882), number 25. Some hymnals give the author as Lizzie Edwards, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: John R. Sweney (🔊 pdf nwc).
Tidings, happy tidings,
Hark! hark! the sound!
Hear the joyful echo
Through the world resound;
Christ the Lord proclaims them,
Hear and heed the call,
Come, ye starving ones that perish,
Room, room for all.
Refrain
Whosoever asketh,
Jesus will receive;
Whosoever thirsteth,
Jesus will relieve.
See the living waters
Flowing full and free;
O the blessèd whosoever,
That means me.
Tidings, happy tidings,
Hark! hark! they say,
Do not slight the warning,
Come, O come today.
Christ, our loving Savior,
Still repeats the call—
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Room, room for all.
Refrain
Tidings, happy tidings,
Hark! hark! again!
Rushing o’er the mountain,
Sweeping o’er the plain;
Onward goes the message,
Tis the Savior’s call,
Come, for everything is ready,
Room, room for all.
Refrain