Make Room for Jesus

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Make room for Jesus, room, sad heart

Author: Alexander Clark
Tune: [Make room for Jesus! room! sad heart] (Fischer)
Published in 15 hymnals

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1 Make room for Jesus! room! sad heart,
Beguiled and sick of sin;
Bid ev'ry alien guest depart,
And rise and let him in.

Chorus:
Make room, sad heart, make room, make room!
Bid alien guests depart,
Oh, let the Master in, sad heart;
Arise, make room, make room!

2 Make room for Jesus! room! make room!
His hand is at the door;
He comes to banish guilt and gloom,
And bless thee more and more. [Chorus]

3 Make room for Jesus! soul of mine,
He waits response to-day;
His smile is peace, his grace, divine,
Oh, turn him not away. [Chorus]

4 Make room for Jesus! by and by,
'Midst saint and seraphim,
He'll welcome to his throne on high
The soul that welcomed him. [Chorus]

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #139

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Author: Alexander Clark

Clark, Alexander, D.D., born March 10, 1835, died July 6, 1879. Dr. Clark was for many years a Minister of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, and the editor of the Methodist Recorder, published at Pittsburgh. Two of his hymns:— 1. Heavenly Father, bless me now. Lent. 2. Make room for Jesus. Lent. are given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Make room for Jesus, room, sad heart
Title:	Make Room for Jesus
Author:	Alexander Clark
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Make room, sad heart
Copyright:	Public Domain