I stand at the door and knock.
Revelation 3:20
Words & Music: Orlando S. Grinnell, in Gospel Melodies (Cleveland, Ohio: William R. Smellie, 1885) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Grinnell (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O sinner, listen while you may,
For Christ can wash your sins away;
He bore them all upon the cross,
To save you from eternal loss.
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Waiting, waiting,
Christ is waiting to save;
Waiting, waiting,
Christ is waiting to save.
Oh, come to Christ! do not delay,
But seek His pardon while you may;
Oh, come just now, and do not wait,
Until the Spirit says, Too late.
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Just as you are, oh hasten now!
Confess your sins and humbly bow!
His mighty grace He will impart,
His blood will cleanse your sinful heart.
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Oh! can it be you will refuse
To listen to such gracious news,
And shut your ears, and close your eyes,
And die the death that never dies?
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