Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.
Revelation 3:20
Words & Music: Lelia N. Morris, in Hosannas to the King, edited by Clarence B. Strouse (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pepper Publishing, 1901), number 39 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Long my willful heart said no!
To Jesus’ tender pleading;
Now I long His love to know,
My stubborn will is yielding.
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Yes, dear Lord, yes, dear Lord,
Here I give my all to Thee;
I believe, I believe,
The blood avails for me.
Bringing all I am and have
In humble consecration,
Trusting in the blood I claim
This uttermost salvation.
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Giving o’er my doubts and fears
And all my useless trying,
Trusting not my prayers or tears,
But on Thy Word relying.
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Yes, dear Lord, in life or death
With Thee all good possessing,
Not by feeling, but by faith
I take the promised blessing.
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