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Rev. 3:20
INVITATION
O Jesus, Thou Art Standing
ST. HILDA 7.6.7.6.D.
O Jesus, Thou art standing
Outside the fast closed door,
In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o'r:
O shame, professing Christian,
His name and sign who bear,
O shame, thrice shame upon us,
To keep Him standing there!
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!
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 Savior, enter, enter,
And leave us never more.

O Jesus, Thou art standing Outside the fast closed door,
In lowly patience waiting To pass the threshold o'r:
O shame, professing Christian, His name and sign who bear,
O shame, thrice shame upon us, To keep Him standing there!

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!

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 Savior, enter, enter, And leave us never more.


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   William Walsham How, 1867 (1823-1897) Justin H. Knecht, 1799 (1752-1817)   
Alt. by Edward Husband, 1871 (1843-1908)