#608: Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

[lutheranhymns]

Same composer for both the text and music, which in this case means he has the tune name named after him. The writing style is the kind of "tender"/possibly over-the-top sweetness I associate with a lot of 1800s US (white, southern) gospel. The refrain also has a "call and response" part on the "come home, come home"s. It's more of an echo, I guess? It's less of a leader/follower vibe and more of the "evermore" ("evermore"). Maybe I need a tag for this.