When the King in His beau­ty
Shall come to His throne,
And around Him are ga­thered
His loved ones, His own;
There be some who will knock
At His fair pa­lace door,
To be an­swered within,
There is mer­cy no more.

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I have ne­ver known you,
I have ne­ver known you,
I have ne­ver, I have ne­ver,
I have ne­ver known you.

They had known whence He came,
And the grace which He brought;
In their pre­sence He healed,
In their streets He had taught;
They had men­tioned His name
And their friend­ship pro­fessed;
But they ne­ver be­lieved,
For of them He con­fessed:

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Now the right­eous are reign­ing
With Ab­ra­ham there;
But for these is ap­point­ed
An end­less des­pair;
It is vain that they call:
He once knocked at their gate,
But they wel­comed Him not;
So now this is their fate:

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O sin­ner, give heed
To this sto­ry of gloom,
For the hour is fast near­ing
That fix­es your doom;
Will you still re­ject mer­cy?
Still hard­en your heart?
Oh, then, what will you do
As the King cries, De­part!

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