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OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN (Staples)

Scripture Verse

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Ro­bert G. Sta­ples, in Win­dows of Heav­en, by H. M. Whar­ton (Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land: Na­tion­al Ev­an­ge­li­za­tion So­ci­ety, 1895), num­ber 1 (🔊 ).

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Robert G. Staples
(1833–1891)

Lyrics

Open the win­dows of Heav­en,
Send show­ers of bless­ing just now;
Look on us, Lord, in Thy mer­cy,
While hum­bly be­fore Thee we bow.

Refrain

Showers of bless­ing,
Fresh show­ers of bless­ing we need;
Showers of bless­ing,
For show­ers of bless­ing we plead.

Open the win­dows of Heav­en,
Look ten­der­ly on us in love
Coming in heart­felt con­tri­tion,
We pray Thee our sins hence re­move.

Refrain

Trusting, we’ll try Thee, and prove Thee;
All ef­fort with­out Thee is vain;
Earth’s great­est plea­sures are fleet­ing,
Their loss is our in­fi­nite gain.

Refrain

Open the win­dows of Heav­en,
And bless us for Thy dear Son’s sake;
His blood shed for our re­demp­tion,
Our plea, on­ly plea we now make.

Refrain