Ho! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh

Ho! every one that thirsts, draw nigh:
’Tis God invites the fallen race:
Mercy and free salvation buy;
Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace.

Come to the living waters, come!
Sinners, obey your Maker’s call;
Return, ye weary wanderers, home,
And find My grace is free for all.

See from the rock a fountain rise!
For you in healing streams it rolls;
Money ye need not bring, nor price,
Ye laboring, burdened, sin-sick souls.

Nothing ye in exchange shall give;
Leave all you have and are behind;
Frankly the gift of God receive;
Pardon and peace in Jesus find.

Author: Charles Wesley

Year: 1747

This is a well-known hymn by Charles Wesley, first published in his 1747 collection 'Hymns for those that seek and those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ'. It is a metrical paraphrase of Isaiah 55:1-2. No significant alternate attributions exist.