Come enter by this open door

Representative Text

1 Come enter this open door,
Th night is coming fast,
There's light and rest and peace within —
The door must close at last.

Chorus:
Come in, the storm is rolling on,
The warning thunders cry:
Oh, flee to mercy's open door,
While mercy is so nigh.

2 Come in, ye fearful, shrinking ones;
Sweet mercy dwells within;
There's balm for all your wounds and woes,
And pardon for your sin. [Chorus]

3 Come in from death to endless life;
Come in from fear to peace;
Come from remorse to deathless joy,
And find a quick release. [Chorus]

4 Come in, the Saviour calls for you;
He may not longer wait;
Come, lest in fierce despair at last
You cry: "too late! too late!" [Chorus]

Source: The Evergreen: songs for the Sunday school, sanctuary and home circle #137

Author: Henry B. Hartzler

Hartzler, Henry Burns. (York County, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1840--1920). Evangelical. Licensed 1869, pastor Trinity Church, York Penn., in 1873-1874; editor of The Messenger in 1870s and 1880s; taught Bible in Mt. Hermon school, Northfield, Massachusetts. Was associated with D.L. Moody. Went with the United Evangelical CHurch in the schism, was editor of its Evangel 1894-1902. Editor of and hymn-contributor to Evangelischer Gesangbuch and Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church. Bishop of that denomination 1902-1910. Most famous hymn was "Go and seek the lost and dying." --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Come enter by this open door
Author: Henry B. Hartzler
Refrain First Line: Come in, the storm is rolling on
Copyright: Public Domain

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