Will You Not Come?

Will you not come to the wonderful Savior

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [Will you not come to the wonderful Savior]
Published in 1 hymnal

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Representative Text

1 Will you not come to the wonderful Saviour?
Waiting to save you thro’ infinite love;
Seeking his pardon entreating his favor,
Finding the blessing that comes from above.

Refrain:
Will you not come while the Saviour is calling?
Will you not come? will you not come?
Come while the dew-drops of mercy are falling,
Will you not come? will you not come?

2 Will you not come to the life-giving fountain,
Opened to wash all transgressions away?
Flowing so freely from Calv’ry’s dark mountain,
“Whiter than snow,” it is cleaning today. [Refrain]

3 Will you not come while we’re earnestly praying,
Asking God’s Spirit to help you decide?
Come to the Saviour who seeks for the straying,
Come to the cross where fro sinners he died. [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two #28

Author: E. E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Li­die H. Ed­munds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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First Line: Will you not come to the wonderful Savior
Title: Will You Not Come?
Author: E. E. Hewitt
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Will you not come while the Savior is calling
Publication Date: 1908
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Old Story in Song Number Two #28

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