Scripture Verse

Whosoever will, let him take the free gift of the water of life. Revelation 22:17

Introduction

portrait
Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Pen­te­cost­al Prais­es, by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1898), page 49.

Music: Ste­phen C. Fos­ter (1826–1864) (🔊 pdf nwc).

portrait
Stephen C. Foster (1826–1864)

Lyrics

O ye thirs­ty ones that lang­uish
On life’s drift­ing sand!
’Tis the Sav­ior bend­ing o’er you,
Reaching out His toil-worn hand.

Refrain

Why will ye wan­der,
Far away from home?
To the lov­ing arms of mer­cy
Whosoever will may come.

From the ri­ver gent­ly flow­ing
Drink a full sup­ply;
Free to all its bless­èd wa­ters,
Wherefore will ye faint and die?

Refrain

O, the bliss of life eter­nal
You may al­so share!
Come to Je­sus, and be­liev­ing,
Enter thro’ the gate of pray­er.

Refrain

Lo, the sum­mer days are end­ing,
They will soon be o’er;
While the Spi­rit still is plead­ing,
Grieve your dear­est friend no more.

Refrain