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Christ in Song 97

He Is Calling

Words: Carrie YoungsMusic: Geo. C. Stebbins

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1There's a silence in God's mercy, Like the softness of the day;
And he speaks to the restless, In the twilight's gentle way;
There's a place where earthly sorrow All can find full rest from care,
And the heart that once was heavy Is now resting sweetly there.

RefrainHe is calling, "Come unto me, Lord, I gladly go," I say;
I will go unto altar,
Everything to Jesus bring.

2There is mercy with salvation, There is healing in his blood;
There are peace and consolation From the ever-living good;
But the heart of the Sa- vior lies in comfort with his King,
And the weary, as he saves it, All their suffering doth bring.

3He is calling, "Come unto me, Lord, I gladly go," I say.

Scripture
Matthew 11:28

The verse

Meter
15.14.15.15
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 55% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

There's a silence in God's mercy, Like the softness of the day;/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/15A
And he speaks to the restless, In the twilight's gentle way;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘///˘/14A
There's a place where earthly sorrow All can find full rest from care,/˘///˘/˘/˘///˘/15B
And the heart that once was heavy Is now resting sweetly there.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/15B

Verse 2

There is mercy with salvation, There is healing in his blood;/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/15A
There are peace and consolation From the ever-living good;/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘????/15B
But the heart of the Sa- vior lies in comfort with his King,˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14C
And the weary, as he saves it, All their suffering doth bring.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//15C

Verse 3

He is calling, "Come unto me, Lord, I gladly go," I say.˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/15A

Refrain

He is calling, "Come unto me, Lord, I gladly go," I say;˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
I will go unto altar,˘˘//˘/˘7B
Everything to Jesus bring./˘/˘/˘/7C

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.