Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 ‎#14

14. Oh, Don't You Hear Him Knocking?

1 A hand all bruised and bleeding is knocking at the door,
Is knocking at the door of your heart;
It is the hand of Jesus, who long has knocked before,
Though oft you have told him to depart.

Refrain:
Oh, don’t you hear him knocking at the door?
He’s knocking at the door to come in;
He wants an invitation to cross your threshold o’er,
Then Jesus will save you from all sin.

2 How often when in sickness, your body racked with pain,
This knocking resounded in your ears;
How often in the nighttime the knock would come again,
So loud it would fill your soul with fears. [Refrain]

3 While standing by the casket of some departed friend,
With sorrow your heart was sick and sore;
What caused that train of thinking of how your life would end?
That hand was then knocking at the door. [Refrain]

4 Why will you keep him knocking? why won’t you let him in?
He’ll fill your pathway with delight;
That hand so torn and bleeding will wash away your sin,
Oh, welcome the Savior in tonight. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: A hand all bruised and bleeding is knocking at the door
• Title: Oh, Don't You Hear Him Knocking?
• Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr.
• Refrain First Line: Oh, don’t you hear him knocking at the door
• Publication Date: 1897

Tune Information

• Name: [A hand all bruised and bleeding is knocking at the door]
• Composer: J. Howard Entwisle