Number: 220
English: HON 1951 #83. [HON 1987 #125(but with verse order changed)] {Tune: R.S. #584
Title: Kindly Entreating, “Come Unto Me”
Name: Nearer
Words: Sam Jones
Music: Mrs C. H. Morris
Copyright: Lyrics written in August 1945
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Kind¤ly en¤treat¤ing, “Come un¤to Me.”
Je¤sus the Sav¤iour is speak¤ing to thee,
Ear¤nest¤ly say¤ing, “Do not de¤lay;
Flee from de¤struc¤tion, es¤cape while you may.”
“Flee from de¤struc¤tion, es¤cape while you may.”

Kind¤ly en¤treat¤ing, “Come un¤to Me.”
Aim¤less¤ly drift¤ing on life’s rest¤less sea.
No hope, no ref¤uge, Where will you end?
Has¤ten to Je¤sus your Sav¤iour and Friend.
Has¤ten to Je¤sus your Sav¤iour and Friend.

Kind¤ly en¤treat¤ing, “Come un¤to Me.”
Glo¤ry im¤mor¤tal your por¤tion shall be,
Shame and dis¤hon¤our wait those who stray
Far from the Sav¤iour on ru¤in’s dark way.
Far from the Sav¤iour on ru¤in’s dark way.

Kind¤ly en¤treat¤ing, hear Him once more,
Soon you’ll be strand¤ed on sin’s treach¤’rous shore,
An¤gels are weep¤ing; Do you not care
That you are drift¤ing to end¤less de¤spair?
That you are drift¤ing to end¤less de¤spair?