Behold A Stranger At The Door
- Words:
- Joseph Grigg
- Music:
- George Hews
Sheet music
- 1Behold, a Stranger at the door!He gently knocks, has knocked before,Has waited long, is waiting still;You treat no other friend so ill.But will He prove a Friend indeed?He will– the very Friend you need!The Man of Nazareth, ’tis He,With garments dyed at Calvary.
- 2O lovely attitude! He standsWith melting heart and laden hands!O matchless kindness! and He showsThis matchless kindness to His foes.Admit Him, for the human breastNe’er entertained so kind a guest;No mortal tongue their joys can tell.With whom He condescends to dwell.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1765, the words are in 665 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.