Text: | O Jesus, Thou Art Standing |
Author: | William Walsham How |
Tune: | ST. EDITH |
Adapter: | Edward Husband |
Composer: | Justin Heinrich Knecht |
1 O Jesus, Thou art standing
Outside the fast-closed door,
In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o'er:
Shame on us, Christian brethren,
His Name and sign who bear,
O shame, thrice shame upon us
To keep Him standing there!
2 O Jesus, Thou art knocking;
And lo! that hand is scarred,
And thorns Thy brow encircle,
And tears Thy face have marred.
O love that passeth knowledge,
So patiently to wait!
O sin that hath no equal,
So fast to bar the gate!
3 O Jesus, Thou art pleading
In accents meek and low,
I died for you, My children,
And will ye treat Me so?
O Lord, with shame and sorrow
We open now the door;
Dear Savior, enter, enter,
And leave us nevermore!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Jesus, Thou art standing |
Title: | O Jesus, Thou Art Standing |
Author: | William Walsham How (1867) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Means of Grace: Penitence |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. EDITH |
Composer: | Justin Heinrich Knecht (1799) |
Adapter: | Edward Husband (1871) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D. |
Key: | E Major |