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Text: | O Jesus, Thou Art Standing |
Author: | William W. How, 1823-1897 |
Tune: | ST HILDA |
Composer: | Justin H Knecht, 1752-1817 |
Composer: | Edward Husband, 1843-1908 |
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 Saviour, 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 W. How, 1823-1897 |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Topic: | The Call to Salvation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST HILDA |
Composer: | Justin H Knecht, 1752-1817 |
Composer: | Edward Husband, 1843-1908 |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Key: | E Major |