At the Door
Authors: Thomas MacKellar • Composers: George C. Hugg • Meter: 8.7.8.7. double with refrain, 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1899 • Special Collections: Invitation
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1. At the door of mercy sighing
With the burden of my sin,
Day and night my soul is crying,
“Open, Lord, and let me in.”
Waiting ‘mid the darkness dreary,
Stretching out my hands to thee,
In the refuge for the weary
Is there not a place for me?
Refrain:
At the door I’m crying, let me in!
At the door I’m crying, let me in!
2. I have sought to earn thy favor,
Caring not for toil or cost,
Yet I find not him, my Savior,
He who came to seek the lost.
Blessed Master! in thy pity
Teach me what I ought to do,
So that in the holy city
I may gain an entrance too.
3. Hark! what sounds mine ear receiveth,
Sweet as songs of seraphim!
“He that in the Lord believeth
Life eternal hath in him.”
At the outer door why staying?
Nothing, soul, hast thou to pay:
Christ in love to thee is saying,
Weary child, come in today.