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CHRIST'S INVITATION by ANNIE MATHESON

First Line: COME UNTO ME, YE WHO ARE TIRED AND SAD
Last Line: THAT HIDES MY FACE.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST; LOVE;

COME unto me, ye who are tired and sad;
Come unto me, that I may give you rest;
Come unto me, and I will make you glad;
Come and be blest.

Come, ye who struggle in a gulf of shame;
Come, ye whose sin God only will forgive;
Come! for I have for you a new, white name;
Arise and live.

Come, ye who see not, through the misty night,
The stars that out of God's own windows shine;
Come unto me, and I will give you light,
Human, divine.

My heart is yearning with a strong desire
To fold the world in tender, close embrace;
Come to me through the sanctifying fire
That hides my face.



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