Softly and tenderly

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling for you and for me See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching Watching for you and for me. Come home, come home Ye who are weary, come home Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling Calling, O sinner, come home! Why should we linger when Jesus is pleading, Pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not His mercies, Mercies for you and for me?