The Knock of the Nail Pierced Hand

1 Does thou know at thy bolted heart's-door tonight,
The Saviour in meekness doth stand,
And longs for admission? pray, listen now
To the knock of the nail-pierced hand.

Chorus:
Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand,
Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand;
Swing the door open wide,
Bid him enter and abide,
Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand.

2 Outside he has stood thro' the length of the years,
Since Mother the love-flame first fanned;
You have spursed and rejected,
O give heed to-night
To the knock of the nail-pierced hand. [Chorus]

3 You turn not away when a friend's at your door,
Here's one there's none like in the land,
Who asks to come in to forever abide;
Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand. [Chorus]

4 All the pain and the shame of his death on the tree
A welcome from you should command,
Since the weight of your sins in his body he bore;
Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand. [Chorus]

Source: Light in the Valley: a new work of great merit for the Sunday school, revivals, Christian Endeavor, Epworth League, young people's society, and all forward movement along the line of battle... #154

• MIDI file from The Cyber Hymnal #3550