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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 283 · Words: William Walsham How
O Jesus, Thou Art Standing
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by William Walsham How in 1867, this hymn pictures Christ patiently standing and knocking at the closed door of the human heart, drawing on Revelation 3:20 and Holman Hunt's famous painting 'The Light of the World.' It calls Christians to shame and repentance for keeping their Lord waiting outside.
Verse 1
O Jesus, thou art standing,
outside the fast closed door,
in lowly patience waiting
to pass the threshold o'er:
O shame, professing Christians,
his Name and sign who bear,
O shame, thrice shame upon us,
to keep him standing there!
Verse 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!
Verse 3
O Jesus, thou art pleading
in accents meek and low,
"I died for you, my children,
and will you 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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