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Open the Door of Your Heart

Open the door of your heart today, And let the sunshine in

Author: Eben E. Rexford
Tune: [Open the door of your heart] (Main)
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Open the door off your heart today,
And let the sunshine in,
And scatter the shadows all away,
Of care, and doubt, and sin.

Chorus:
Open the door of your heart today;
God’s storehouse is not small;
His love is free in its own sweet way,
And there’s enough for all.

2 Open the door off your heart today,
To those whose love you need;
Let friendship enter its doors to stay,
And bless with word and deed. [Chorus]

3 Open the door off your heart today,
That has been clos’d too long;
Be glad, and sing as the birds of May,
A hopeful, helpful, song. [Chorus]

4 Open the door off your heart today,
And let all good things in,
To drive the bad and the sad away,
And keep out wrong and sin. [Chorus]


Source: Gems of Song: for the Sunday School #9

Author: Eben E. Rexford

Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Open the door of your heart today, And let the sunshine in
Title: Open the Door of Your Heart
Author: Eben E. Rexford
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gems of Song #9

Youth Songs #d47

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