I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20
Words: John K. Roberts, in Life and Service Hymns, compiled by R. E. Magill (Richmond, Virginia: Onward Press, Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1917), number 12.
Music: Goiânia John K. Roberts, 1917 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Roberts (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The Savior stands outside the door
In loving mercy waiting there;
And longs to pass the threshold o’er,
To free thy life from earthborn care.
Refrain
He knocks! He knocks! unbar the door,
Lest He depart forevermore;
He knocks! He knocks! O let Him in,
He’ll cleanse thy heart from every sin.
He knocks with hands all rent and torn
With cruel spikes nailed to the tree,
And in His body there hath borne
The penalty of sin for thee.
Refrain
Accept Him now, thy Savior, friend,
While there is time thy lamp to trim,
Lest woe shall be thine awful end
For having thus rejected Him.
Refrain