Dost thou know at thy bolt­ed heart’s door to­night,
The Sav­ior in meek­ness doth stand,
And longs for ad­mis­sion? Pray, list­en now
To the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

Refrain

Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand,
Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand;
Swing the door op­en wide,
Bid Him en­ter and abide,
Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

Outside He has stood thro’ the length of the years,
Since Mo­ther the love-flame first flamed;
You have spurned and re­ject­ed, O give heed to­night,
To the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

Refrain

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-pierc­èd hand.

Refrain

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-pierc­èd hand.

Refrain