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Text:Why Keep Jesus Waiting?
Author:Christopher C. Cline
Tune:SAINT-CLOUD
Composer:Christopher Columbus Cline
Media:MIDI file

12166. Why Keep Jesus Waiting?

1 Why keep Jesus waiting, waiting in the cold?
He will bear you gently, gently to His fold;
See Him, soul, and open, open, I implore.

2 Why keep Jesus waiting, waiting at the door?
Oft He knocketh softly, woftly, o’er and o’er;
Hear Him, soul, and open, open, I implore.

3 Why keep Jesus pleading, pleading at the door?
He would be your Savior, ever, evermore;
Love Him, soul, and open, open, I implore.

4 Why keep Jesus waiting— knocking at the door?
Soon He’ll cease His pleading, yes, forevermore;
Come, poor soul, obey Him, open, I implore.

Text Information
First Line: Why keep Jesus waiting, waiting in the cold?
Title: Why Keep Jesus Waiting?
Author: Christopher C. Cline
Meter: 11.11.11
Language: English
Source: Popular Hymns (Louisville: C. C. Cline, 1883)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SAINT-CLOUD
Composer: Christopher Columbus Cline (1883)
Meter: 11.11.11
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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