Hark! what means the sound of knock­ing
At this long, long bolt­ed door?
Can it be the lov­ing Sav­ior
Who so kind­ly calls once more?

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Lo! the bless­èd Sav­ior knock­eth;
Open wide to Him the door;
He the bless­ings sure­ly giv­eth—
Joy and peace for­ev­er­more.

I’m not sure that He will ev­er
With that gentle, lov­ing hand,
Knock again and bid me wel­come
To that hap­pier, bet­ter land.

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Oh! do not re­fuse ad­mit­tance
For His er­rand is so great;
There’s no oth­er friend to guide thee
To the roy­al path so strait.

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Oh! the joy His mes­sage brought me
When I op­ened wide the door;
Jesus en­tered, cleansed and blessed me;
I’m His child for­ev­er­more.

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