Calling Thee Now

The Savior is calling the wanderer home

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [The Savior is calling the wanderer home]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 The Savior is calling the wanderer home;
O come to Him now, yes, come to Him now;
O why wilt thou tarry when Jesus says come?
The Savior is calling thee now.

Chorus:
O come to Him now, yes, come to Him now,
Return to the Lord, at His feet humbly bow;
He waits to be gracious, He longs to forgive,
Now Jesus is tenderly calling.

2 The Savior is calling; fly, fly to His breast,
O come to Him now, yes, come to Him now;
Lay down ev’ry burden, accept His sweet rest,
For Jesus is calling thee now. [Chorus]

3 The Savior is calling; O hear His kind voice,
O come to Him now, yes, come to Him now;
Believe the glad message, thy soul shall rejoice,
For Jesus is calling thee now. [Chorus]

4 Come home to the Savior, come just as thou art;
O come to Him now, yes, come to Him now;
O come with a broken and penitent heart,
For Jesus is calling thee now. [Chorus]


Source: Light and Life Songs: adapted especially to sunday schools, prayer meetings and other social services #176

Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The Savior is calling the wanderer home
Title: Calling Thee Now
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O come to Him now, yes, come to Him now
Copyright: Public Domain

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Light and Life Songs #176

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