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Text: | Behold a Stranger at the Door |
Author: | Joseph Grigg |
Tune: | HOLLEY |
Composer: | George Hews |
1 Behold a stranger at the door!
He gently knocks, has knocked before,
Has waited long--is waiting still:
You treat no other friend so ill.
2 O lovely attitude, He stands
With melting heart and laden hands!
O matchless kindness! and He shows
This matchless kindness to His foes.
3 But will He prove a friend indeed?
He will; the very friend you need;
The Friend of sinners--yes, 'tis He,
With garments dyed on Calvary.
4 Admit Him, lest His anger burn,
And He, departing, ne'er return;
Admit Him, or the hour's at hand
You'll at His door rejected stand.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Behold a stranger at the door! |
Title: | Behold a Stranger at the Door |
Author: | Joseph Grigg (1756) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1937 |
Topic: | Way of Salvation: Invitation to Repentance; Trinity, Twentieth Sunday |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HOLLEY |
Composer: | George Hews (1835) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |