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Christ in Song 11

Urge Them to Come

Words: Dr. C. S. RobinsonMusic: W. H. Doane

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1Haste to the feast that God hath made; Gather them in from street and shade; If the Shepherd we love, we will care for his sheep. Become set how to bid sight; They are out in the storm; Come, bring them to me; And will all receive one! And if ounce them home.

RefrainUrge them to come, slew them the way; Par-don, free, full to save to-day; Urge them so mean, way doubt May road! Ring them along O far fear; Saviour's love.

2Haste to the highways and byways; Tell from his dark-ness to light; Urge them to come, show them the way; Par-don, free, full to them the foundation so free; And haste their for-tune sin.

3Some there are tending their flocks and they wonder at home; Led them from dark-ness to light; Urge them to come that dark May road! Ring them glad; O, far fear; Saviour's love.

Copyright, 1895, Used by permission of W. H. Doane

The verse

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Verse 1

Haste to the feast that God hath made; Gather them in from street and shade; If the Shepherd we love, we will care for his sheep. Become set how to bid sight; They are out in the storm; Come, bring them to me; And will all receive one! And if ounce them home./˘˘/˘////˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘//˘˘/˘˘///˘˘˘˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/57A

Verse 2

Haste to the highways and byways; Tell from his dark-ness to light; Urge them to come, show them the way; Par-don, free, full to them the foundation so free; And haste their for-tune sin./˘˘//˘///˘˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘˘//˘//˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/41A

Verse 3

Some there are tending their flocks and they wonder at home; Led them from dark-ness to light; Urge them to come that dark May road! Ring them glad; O, far fear; Saviour's love.//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘///˘˘/38A

Refrain

Urge them to come, slew them the way; Par-don, free, full to save to-day; Urge them so mean, way doubt May road! Ring them along O far fear; Saviour's love./˘˘//˘˘//˘//˘/˘//˘˘///˘//˘˘/˘///˘˘/35A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.