O Jesus, Thou art standing
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 283.
Verse 1
O Jesus, Thou art standing Outside the fast closed door, In lowly patience waiting To pass the threshold o’er: O shame, professing Christian, His name and sign who bear, O shame, thrice shame upon us, To keep Him standing there!
Verse 2
O Jesus, 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!
Verse 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 Savior, enter, enter, And leave us never more.