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Come to Jesus Just Now/Come to Jesus/Just Now
Traditional Folk Hymn
ARTIST: from Christian Harmony Singers in 1928
SHEET MUSIC: William Bradbury, The Golden Censer, New York 1864: http://www.bethel.edu/~rhomar/TunePages/ComeToJesus.html
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: possibly 1700s; 1840s
RECORDING INFO: Come to Jesus Just Now
Allen, William Francis, et.al (eds.) / Slave Songs of the United States, Dover, Sof (1995/1867), # 85 [1860s]
Jackson, George P.(ed.) / Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, Dover, Sof (1964/1937), p174/#159 [1870ca] (Come to Jesus)
OTHER NAMES: "Come to Jesus"
RELATED TO: "Only Trust Him"
In 1873, Ira D. Sankey seems to have secured a manuscript copy of this hymn and said:
“One day in mid-ocean, as I was looking over a list of hymns in my scrapbook, I noticed one commencing, ‘Come every soul by sin oppressed,’ by the Rev John Stockton, with the familiar chorus, ‘Come to Jesus.’ Believing that these words had been so often sung that they were hackneyed, I decided to change them and tell how to come to Jesus by substituting the words, ‘Only Trust Him.’ In this form it was first published in Sacred Songs and Solos in London.”
SOURCES: Folk Index; Meade; WFMU- Sinner's Crossroads with Kevin Nutt - April 7, 2008
NOTES: "Come to Jesus Just Now" or "Come to Jesus" or "Just Now" is a traditional hymn popular around 1840. it has been found from both white and black sources (as "Just Now" in 1867) and was even popular in England circa 1840s.
Englishman Rev. Dr. Christopher Newman Hall, (1816-1902) published several prose works and numerous tracts, including “Come to Jesus”. According to Charles S. Nutter and Wilbur F. Tillett. The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church, pp. 72, 412. (New York: The Methodist Book Concern, 1911.):
"He went out one evening from a dinner party to preach to a throng who had gathered in the street. A primitive Methodist was singing to the crowd that familiar ditty, “Come to Jesus Just Now.” Mr. Hall caught up the words and extemporized a powerful exhortation on the spot. He repeated it to his own congregation. Soon afterwards, being confined to his room by a long illness, he recalled the discourse and determined to turn it into a short practical treatise for inquirers after salvation. He wrote it out in the fewest and simplest words possible, and his brother, Mr. Warren Hall, printed two thousand copies for distribution. Such was the origin of that wonderful tract, “Come to Jesus,” which has already been circulated in thirty different languages to the number of three million five hundred thousand copies."
Here's an early version of "Come to Jesus Just Now" which is slightly different than the later versions:
93. Come to Jesus, Just Now- Conference hymns: 1849
1. Come to Jesus, trembling mourner,
Come to Jesus, trembling mourner,
Come to Jesus just now, Just now, just now,
Come to Jesus just now.
2. Do not tarry till you're better.
Do not tarry till you're better,
Come to Jesus just now, &c
3. Cease, poor mourner, cease your weeping,
Give your soul to Jesus' keeping;
Come to Jesus just now, &c.
4. Now believe him, now believe him,
In your bosom now receive him;
Come to Jesus just now, &c.
JUST NOW- William Francis Allen et.al (eds.) Slave Songs of the United States, 1867[This, which is now, in a somewhat different form, a Methodist hymn, was sung as given above, by the colored people of Ann Arundel Co., Md., twenty-five years ago. W. A. H.]
[1. Sanctofy me, sanctofy me,
Sanctofy me, sanctofy me,
Sanctofy me, just now;
Just now; just now;
Sanctofy me just now.]
2. Good religion, good religion, etc.
3. Come to Jesus, come to Jesus, etc.
Come to Jesus Just Now- Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church San Jose, CA. 2009
Verse 1: Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus just now
Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus just now
Verse 2: Only trust Him, Only trust Him just now
Only trust Him, Only trust Him just now
Verse 3: He is able, He is able, He is able just now
He is able, He is able, He is able just now
Verse 4: He will save you, He will save you, He will save you just now
He will save you, He will save you, He will save you just now
Come to Jesus- Revival Hymns by Absalom Backas Earle- 1865; Tune, Just Now.
1. Come to Jesus, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus just now ;
Just now, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus just now.
2 He will save you, he will save you,
He will save you just now ;
Just now, he will save you,
He will save you just now.
3 Don't reject him, don't reject him,
Don't reject him, just now ;
Just now, don't reject him,
Don't reject him just now.
4. Only trust him, only trust him,
Only trust him, just now;
Just now, only trust him,
Only trust him just now.
Come to Jesus- Gospel Hmns and Sacred Songs edited by Philip Paul Bliss, Ira David Sankey 1875
No. 132.
1.Come to Jesus, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus just now;
Just now, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus, just now.
2 He will save you, etc.
3 He is able, etc.
4 He is willing, etc
5 He is waiting, etc.
6 He will hear you, etc.
7 He will cleanse you, etc.
8 He'll renew you, etc.
9 He'll forgive you, etc.
10 If you trust Him, etc.
11 He will save you, etc.
Come to Jesus- Five Blind Boys of Alabama; Gospel 1962
Come to Jesus, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus just now;
Just now, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus, just now.
[spoken sermonizing]
He will save you, he will save you
He will save you, just now
Just now He will save you,
He will save you, just now
Come To Jesus- Performed by Jimmy Hicks
Come to Jesus
Come on to Jesus
Come to Jesus right now
Come to the Fountain that never runs dry
Come to Him right now
He is able
He is a-ble
He is a-ble right now
Come to the Fountain that never runs dry
Come to Him right now
Don't you doubt Him
Don't you doubt Him
Don't you doubt Him right now
Come to the Fountain that never runs dry
Come, come, come
What are you waiting for
Just come to Him right now
ooh,ooh ,ooh,ooh,ooh ,ooh
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