Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Lelia N. Morris (1862–1929)
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Words & Mu­sic: Le­lia N. Mor­ris, in Ho­san­nas to the King, ed­it­ed by Clar­ence B. Strouse (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pep­per Pub­lish­ing, 1901), num­ber 39 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Long my will­ful heart said no!
To Je­sus’ ten­der plead­ing;
Now I long His love to know,
My stub­born will is yield­ing.

Refrain

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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