Text: | O Jesus! thou art standing |
Author: | William How |
Tune: | AURELIA |
Composer: | Samuel S. Wesley |
1 O Jesus! thou art standing
Outside the fast-closed door,
In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o'er:
We bear the name of Christians,
Thy name and sign we bear:
O, shame, thrice shame upon us!
To keep thee 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!
So, 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!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Jesus! thou art standing |
Author: | William How |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Sinner: Warning and Invitation |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AURELIA |
Composer: | Samuel S. Wesley |
Meter: | 7s & 6s, D |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #492, 742, or 246. |