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Make Room for Jesus

Representative Text

1 Make room, make room for Jesus,
Whose birth the angels sang,
When Heav’n and earth together,
With Hallelujahs rang.

Refrain:
Throw open wide the portals,
Of every doubting heart,
That Jesus now may enter
And never more depart.

2 Make room, make room for Jesus,
Our Saviour, Lord and King,
Who left His Father’s glory,
The gift of life to bring. [Refrain]

3 Make room, make room for Jesus,
Our great exalted Head,
Who left His Father’s glory,
And suffered in our stead. [Refrain]

4 Lo, at the door He standeth,
The night dew on His brow,
O, do not keep Him waiting,
But let Him enter now. [Refrain]

Source: Young People's Songs of Praise #81

Author: Fanny Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Make room, make room for Jesus
Title: Make Room for Jesus
Author: Fanny Crosby
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Throw open wide the portals
Copyright: Public Domain

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