The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/O Jesus, Thou Art Standing

by William Walsham How(St. Hilda by Justin Heinrich Knecht and Edward Husband)

1. O Jesus, thou art standing
   Outside the fast-closed door,
   In lowly patience waiting
   To pass the threshold o'er:
   We bear the name of Christians,
   His name and sign we bear,
   O shame, thrice shame upon us,
   To keep him standing there!
   
2. O Jesus, thou art knocking;
   And Lo! that hand is scarred,
   And thorns thy brow encircle,
   And tears thy face have marred:
   O Love that passeth knowledge,
   So patiently to wait!
   O sin that hat no equal,
   So fast to bar the gate!
   
3. O Jesus, thou art pleading;
   In accents meek and low,
   'I died for you, my children,
   And will ye treat me so?
   O Lord, with shame and sorrow
   We open now the door;
   Dear Saviour, enter, enter,
   And leave us nevermore!
   A-men