Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

Come ye sinners, poor and wretched/Weak and wounded, sick and sore
Jesus ready stands to save you/Full of pity joined with power
He is able, He is able/He is willing doubt no more
He is able, He is able/He is willing doubt no more

Come ye weary heavy-laden/Bruised and broken by the fall
If you tarry till you're better/You will never come at all
Not the righteous, not the righteous/Sinners Jesus came to call
Not the righteous, not the righteous/Sinners Jesus came to call

Let not conscience make you linger/Nor of fitness fondly dream
All the fitness He requires/Is to feel your need of Him
This He gives you, this He gives you/'Tis the Spirit's rising beam
This He gives you, this He gives you/'Tis the Spirit's rising beam

The Incarnate God ascended/Pleads the merit of His blood
Venture on Him, venture wholly/Let no other trust intrude
None but Jesus, none but Jesus/Can do helpless sinners good
None but Jesus, none but Jesus/Can do helpless sinners good



This is one of my favorite hymns that we sing at church (and we sang it today). I'd never heard it until we came to First Pres. Has anyone else heard it before? I've been looking around, and it seems that there are different tunes that are sung with it. A musical group called Indelible Grace has done an update on the music, but I found the tune we sing here, and it is evidently known as the "Beech Spring" version, using an old Quaker tune.

Cheers.