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"Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" - Full original text (altered) to RESTORATION

 

Do you know the hymn, "Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy"? If so, you probably know it to the minor key tune, RESTORATION. But if you sing it to that excellent tune you actually are only singing half the original lyrics by Joseph Hart! 
 
I'm not sure why someone in church history omitted the second half of each stanza (and a chorus by someone else was added), but the second half is where gospel grace comes in! 
 
So I few years ago for our church I lightly altered the original lyrics (since the second half's words didn't exactly fit the 87 87 D meter) and asked a friend to typeset them all together, plus adding in the extra refrain. 
 
See below for the full text and click here for the four-part hymn!
 
1.
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
full of pity, love, and pow'r:
He is able, He is able,
He is willing; doubt no more.
He is able, He is able,
He is willing; doubt no more.
 
2.
Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome,
God's free bounty glorify;
true belief and true repentance,
ev'ry grace that brings you nigh,
without money, without money,
come to Jesus Christ and buy.
Without money, without money,
Come to Jesus Christ and buy.
 
3.
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
lost and ruined by the fall;
If you tarry till you're better,
you will never come at all:
not the righteous, not the righteous
sinners Jesus came to call.
Not the righteous, not the righteous
sinners Jesus came to call.
 
4.
Let not conscience make you linger,
nor of fitness fondly dream;
all the fitness He requireth
is to feel your need of him;
this He gives you, this He gives you,
'tis the Spirit's rising beam.
This He gives you, this He gives you,
'tis the Spirit's rising beam.
 
[5.]
Agonizing in the garden,
your Redeemer prostrate lies;
On the bloody tree behold Him!
Hear Him cry, before He dies,
“It is finished!” “It is finished!”
Sinner, will not this suffice?
“It is finished!” “It is finished!”
Sinner, will not this suffice?
 
6.
Lo! th'incarnate God, ascended,
pleads the merit of His blood;
venture on Him, venture wholly,
let no other trust intrude:
none but Jesus, none but Jesus,
can do helpless sinners good.
None but Jesus, none but Jesus,
can do helpless sinners good.
 
Repeat (in italics):
I will arise and go to Jesus;
He will embrace me in His arms;
in the arms of my dear Savior,
O there are ten thousand charms.
TEXT: Joseph Hart, 1759, alt. Dustin Battles, 2018; refrain, attr. to C. J. Taylor (1763–1816)
MUSIC: from Southern Harmony, 1835
RESTORATION
8.7.8.7.D.
 

Note that the fifth stanza was omitted in the four-part arrangement due to space constraints.
 

 

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