413 | Trinity Hymnal#414 | 415 |
Text: | O Jesus, thou art standing |
Author: | William Walsham How |
Tune: | ST. EDITH |
Composer: | Justin H. Knecht |
Composer: | Edward Husband |
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 brothers,
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!
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 |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Christ: Love and Grace of; Christ: Patience of; Christian Life: Repentance(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. EDITH |
Composer: | Justin H. Knecht (1799) |
Composer: | Edward Husband (1871) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Key: | E Major |