Methodist-Hymns-330
1: O JESUS, Thou art standing
Outside the fast-closed door,
In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o’er.
Shame on us, Christian brothers,
His name and sign who bear,
O shame, thrice shame upon us,
To keep Him standing there!
2: O Jesu, 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 hath 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. Amen.