Come Believing!

Once again the Gospel message
From the Savior you have heard;
Will you heed the invitation?
Will you turn and seek the Lord?

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Come believing! come believing!
Come to Jesus! look and live!
Come believing! come believing!
Come to Jesus! look and live!

Many summers you have wasted,
Ripened harvests you have seen;
Winter snows by spring have melted,
Yet you linger in your sin.

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Jesus for your choice is waiting;
Tarry not: at once decide!
While the Spirit now is striving,
Yield, and seek the Savior’s side.

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Cease of fitness to be thinking;
Do not longer try to feel;
It is trusting, and not feeling,
That will give the Spirit’s seal.

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Let your will to God be given,
Trust in Christ’s atoning blood;
Look to Jesus now in Heaven,
Rest on His unchanging Word.

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Author: Daniel W. Whittle

Year: 1883

This hymn with its characteristic chorus 'Come believing! come believing! Come to Jesus! look and live!' is one of several evangelistic songs written by D. W. Whittle (also known as Major Whittle). It is often paired with music by his frequent collaborator Philip P. Bliss or James McGranahan. The text matches known publications from the early 1880s.