The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3074

3074. I Stood Outside the Gate

1. I stood outside the gate,
A poor, wayfaring child;
Within my heart there beat
A tempest loud and wild;
A fear oppressed my soul,
That I might be too late;
And oh, I trembled sore,
And prayed outside the gate,
And prayed outside the gate.

2. Oh, Mercy! loud I cried,
Now give me rest from sin!
I will, a voice replied;
And Mercy let me in;
She bound my bleeding wounds,
And soothed my heart oppressed;
She washed away my guilt
And gave me peace and rest,
And gave me peace and rest.

3. In Mercy’s guise I knew
The Savior long abused,
Who often sought my heart,
And wept when I refused;
Oh! what a blest return
For all my years of sin!
I stood outside the gate,
And Jesus let me in,
And Jesus let me in.

Text Information

• First Line: I stood outside the gate
• Title: I Stood Outside the Gate
• Author: Josephine Pollard (1870)
• Language: English
• Source: Fruits and Flowers, edited by W. Walker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1870)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [I stood outside the gate]
• Composer: Hubert Platt Main
• Incipit: 51117 65353 23435
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain