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CLOSE TO MY DOOR

Scripture Verse

God is love. 1 John 4:8

Introduction

Words: Lau­ra San­ford, in Aug­sburg Songs No. 2 (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Lu­ther­an Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1893), num­ber 30.

Music: Bag­no­let John H. Kis­sing­er, 1893 (🔊 ).

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John Kissinger (1845–1922)

Lyrics

How kind is my heav­en­ly Fa­ther!
He touch­es my heart ev­ery day
With sweet­ness of love He has for me,
A love I can nev­er re­pay.

A stream of the heav­en­ly wa­ter
Goes sing­ing along by my door;
I fill there my cup ev­ery morn­ing—
At ev­en­ing I lin­ger for more.

I nev­er shall wea­ry of liv­ing
While that stream runs close to my door,
And sings of the far away fount­ains
Of love that my Lord has in store.