Jesus Calls Us

Jesus Calls Us

            I have been thinking about this great hymn for several days. One of my early memories of this hymn was hearing  my pastor’s wife  Mary Carroll sing it as a call to worship from the place where she always sat on the left side of the sanctuary of our church in Merriam Kansas.  She had a beautiful voice that was easy to listen to in the context of Sunday morning worship.  However, the thing that I remember the most was God’s presence that settled over the worshiping body of believers that morning.  There was simply no doubt about it, God was pleased with her sincere musical offering that Sunday morning.  I have included the words of Cecil F. Alexander’s hymn that she sang that morning:

1.    Jesus calls us o’er the tumult
Of our life’s wild, restless, sea;
Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,
Saying, “Christian, follow Me!”

2.    Jesus calls us from the worship
Of the vain world’s golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, “Christian, love Me more!”

3.    In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love Me more than these!”

4.    Jesus calls us! By Thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience,
Serve and love Thee best of all.