Come, for All Things Are Ready!

Come, for all things are ready! ’Tis a banquet of love;
Here’s a free invitation from the Master above:
It is written in crimson, drawn from Calvary’s flood,
From the wonderful fountain of the soul cleansing blood.

Refrain

Oh, what fullness in Jesus!
Oh, what gladness to know,
Though our sins be as scarlet,
He’ll make them as snow.

Come, for all things are ready! Heaven’s bounty is spread;
Take the cup of salvation, take the life giving bread:
Come, the poor and unworthy, come, though sinful and weak;
’Tis the hungry and thirsty whom the Master doth seek.

Refrain

Come, for all things are ready! Here’s a robe, snowy white,
Fairer far than the raiment of the angels of light:
For the beauty of Jesus will thy covering be;
Only ask for this garment, ’twill be given to thee.

Refrain

Author: Unknown

Lyrics appear in late 19th-century American gospel hymnals (often linked to publishers like Sankey, Bliss, or McGranahan circles) but lack a clear, consistent attribution to a single named lyricist. Some collections list it as anonymous or traditional; no strong evidence points to a specific well-known author such as Fanny Crosby, Elisha Hoffman, or Horatius Bonar.