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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Ab
About this Hymn
This hymn by English pastor Joseph Hart beckons the lost to find a willing Savior, ready to help. It is a welcoming call, and it comes without cost, courtesy of free grace. We need not wait to come to Christ until we have achieved some state of worthiness, because we would never measure up on our own. The refrain by Caleb Taylor is our response: "I will arise and go to Jesus."
Lyrics
Verse 1
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love, and pow'r.
Chorus
I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me in his arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, oh, there are ten thousand charms.
Verse 2
Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome, God's free bounty glorify; true belief and true repentance, ev'ry grace that brings you nigh.
Verse 3
Come, ye weary, heavy-laden, lost and ruined by the fall; if you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all.
Verse 4
Let not conscience make you linger, nor of fitness fondly dream; all the fitness he requireth is to feel your need of him.
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love, and pow'r.
Chorus
I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me in his arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, oh, there are ten thousand charms.
Verse 2
Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome, God's free bounty glorify; true belief and true repentance, ev'ry grace that brings you nigh.
Verse 3
Come, ye weary, heavy-laden, lost and ruined by the fall; if you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all.
Verse 4
Let not conscience make you linger, nor of fitness fondly dream; all the fitness he requireth is to feel your need of him.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Joseph Hart, 1759, alt.; ref. Caleb Taylor, 1804
Music: Southern Harmony, 1835; harm. O. F. Pugh, 1905
Music: Southern Harmony, 1835; harm. O. F. Pugh, 1905