Skip to content

A copy of Advent Hymnals. Open this page on adventhymnals.org →

Advent Hymnals

Christ in Song 51

While Jesus Whispers

Words: W. T. WintersMusic: H. R. Palmer

Studio

1While Jesus whispers to you, Come, sinner, come! While we are praying for you, Come, sinner, come! For Jesus calls you so sweetly, And heaven is waiting to greet thee, Come home, Come home, Run home; Come home, Run home.

RefrainCome home, Come home, Run home; Come home, Run home.

2Now is the time to own him, Come, sinner, come! We will not tire of pleading, Come, sinner, come! Now is the time to know him, Come, sinner, come! To-mor-row may re-ceed-ing, Come, sinner, come! Come to thy God confiding, come!

Copyright, 1889, by H. R. Palmer

The verse

Meter
49
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

While Jesus whispers to you, Come, sinner, come! While we are praying for you, Come, sinner, come! For Jesus calls you so sweetly, And heaven is waiting to greet thee, Come home, Come home, Run home; Come home, Run home.//˘/˘˘˘//˘//˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘////////////49A

Verse 2

Now is the time to own him, Come, sinner, come! We will not tire of pleading, Come, sinner, come! Now is the time to know him, Come, sinner, come! To-mor-row may re-ceed-ing, Come, sinner, come! Come to thy God confiding, come!/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘//˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘//˘???//˘//˘//˘/˘/53A

Refrain

Come home, Come home, Run home; Come home, Run home.//////////10A

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.