For God Alone: Come Home!
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! Oh! for the wonderful love He has promised, promised for you and for me; Tho’ we have sinned He has mercy and pardon, pardon 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! Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909 Evangelicals teach, preach, and sing about heaven with determined frequency, because we place our hope in the One who offers eternal life with Him in his Home. There is a longing for every believer to be with our loved ones who have departed before us, but, most especially, to see the face of Jesus and fall at His feet and declare as Thomas did: My Lord, and my God! Face to face with Christ, my Savior, face to ...