The King of Kings ‎#98

98. Throw Open All the Windows

1 Throw open wide the windows
Of souls made dark with sin,
And let the blessed sunshine
Of love and gladness in;
Drive out the gloomy shadows
That make the daytime night,
And flood the lonesome places
With pure life-giving light.

Refrain:
Throw open all the windows
That long have bolted been,
And let the golden glory
Of God’s sweet sunshine in.

2 Let’s banish, by the sunshine
God sends us from above,
The doubts and fears that darken
The pathway of His love;
Beneath its warmth and brightness
The flow’rs of hope will spring,
And birds of faith soar heav’nward,
On swift and happy wing. [Refrain]

3 Oh, sitting loom no longer,
God’s sunshine’s at the door,
It waits to cross the threshold,
And tarry evermore;
Fling wide the heart’s closed windows,
Swing back its doors today,
And let love’s radiant sunshine
Drive all its gloom away. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Throw open wide the windows
• Title: Throw Open All the Windows
• Author: E. E. Rexford
• Refrain First Line: Throw open all the windows
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1915
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Throw open wide the windows]
• Composer: Chas. H. Gabriel
• Notes: Public Domain.