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Text:In the Silent Midnight Watches
Alterer:E. Gustav Johnson
Author:Arthur C. Coxe
Tune:MIDNIGHT
Composer:Andrew L. Skoog
Media:MIDI file

3061. In the Silent Midnight Watches

1. In the silent midnight watches,
Standing at your door,
Calls the Savior, pleading, knocking,
Now as oft before.
He would enter with salvation,
Heart oppressed by sin!
Open now the door for Jesus,
Let Him enter in!

2. Death will come some day, relentless,
Come to every man.
None can heedlessly ignore him,
None his entry ban.
Jesus waits in mercy pleading,
At the door today,
Him, not death, the cruel reaper,
You can turn away.

3. When you hear the Savior knocking,
Calling at your door,
O receive Him, let Him enter,
And your soul restore!
Then when breaks the golden morning,
Bright, eternal, fair,
He will open Heaven’s portals
And receive you there.

Text Information
First Line: In the silent midnight watches
Title: In the Silent Midnight Watches
Author: Arthur C. Coxe (1842)
Alterer: E. Gustav Johnson (1948)
Meter: 85.85 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: SINCLAIR, George F. Root, 1820-1895
Tune Information
Name: MIDNIGHT
Composer: Andrew L. Skoog (1894)
Meter: 85.85 D
Incipit: 32156 16532 16232
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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