Text: | Behold a stranger at the door! |
Author: | Joseph Grigg, 1728-1768 |
Tune: | BACA |
Composer: | William Batchelder Bradbury |
1 Behold a Stranger at the door!
He gently knocks-- has knocked before,
Has waited long-- is waiting still:
You treat no other friend so ill.
2 O lovely attitude, He stands
With melting heart and loaded hands!
O matchless kindness! and He shows
This matchless kindness to His foes!
3 But will He prove a friend indeed?
He will; the very friend you need;
The Friend of sinners--yes, 'tis He,
With garments dyed on Calvary.
4 Admit Him ere His anger burn;
His feet, departed, ne'er return;
Admit Him, or the hour's at hand
You'll at His door rejected stand.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Behold a stranger at the door! |
Author: | Joseph Grigg, 1728-1768 |
Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | Tenth Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BACA |
Composer: | William Batchelder Bradbury (1857) |
Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
Key: | E Major |
Notes: | Public Domain. |