131 | The Hymnal#132 | 133 |
Text: | O Jesus, Thou art standing |
Author: | W. Walsham How |
Tune: | ST. HILDA |
Composer: | Justin H. Knecht |
Composer: | Edward Husband |
O Jesus, thou art standing
Outside the fast-closed door,
In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o'er:
Shame on us, Christian brothers,
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 nevermore.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Jesus, Thou art standing |
Author: | W. Walsham How (1867) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Ash Wednesday and Lent; Sunday Schools: Lent; Parochial Missions |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. HILDA |
Composer: | Justin H. Knecht (1799) |
Composer: | Edward Husband (1871) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Incipit: | 11712 22133 23427 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |