Scripture Verse

Yet there is room. Luke 14:22

Introduction

Words: Fro­nie B. Tur­ner, in Lit­tle Sac­red Songs, ed­it­ed by James R. Mur­ray (New York; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois & Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1892), pag­es 136–37.

Music: Fre­der­ic G. Gle­ason (1848–1903), adapt­ed by Ben­ja­min M. Chase, Har­mo­nies of Praise (New York: Ben­ja­min M. Chase, 1909), num­ber 19 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Tur­ner (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Frederic G. Gleason (1848–1903)

Lyrics

Is there room for all the child­ren
In the home above,
In the sweet and ho­ly man­sion
Of the King of love?
All to come and serve Him ev­er
Doth He free­ly, free­ly call;
In His king­dom where He dwell­eth,
Is there room for all?

O so ma­ny, ma­ny thou­sands,
In the by­ways dwell;
Some that ne­ver knew the Sav­ior,
Some that love Him well;
Hath He place in His dear man­sion
For the poor, the poor and small?
For the low­ly lit­tle children,
Is there room for all?

Are the bless­èd por­tals open,
Ever wide and free?
And the way so plain be­fore us,
Every eye can see?
Then we’ll glad­ly, glad­ly fo­llow
At His ho­ly, ho­ly call,
For within His hap­py king­dom,
There is room for all.