Text: | O Jesus, thou art standing |
Author: | William Walsham How, 1823 - 97 |
Tune: | ST. EDITH (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! A-men.
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 |
Author: | William Walsham How, 1823 - 97 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Lent; The Life in Christ: Repentance and Faith |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. EDITH (ST. HILDA) |
Composer: | Justin H. Knecht, 1752 - 1817 |
Composer: | Edward Husband, 1843 - 1908 |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. D. |
Key: | D Major |