Why Keep Jesus Waiting

Words:
C. C. Cline
Music:
C. C. Cline

Sheet music

  1. 1Why keep Jesus waiting,Waiting in the cold?He will bear you gently,Gently to His fold;See Him, soul, and open,I implore.(Open I implore.)
  2. 2Why keep Jesus waiting,Waiting at the door?Oft He knocketh softly,Softly, o'er and o'er,Hear Him, soul, and open,I implore.(Open I implore.)
  3. 3Why keep Jesus waiting–Knocking at the door?Soon He'll cease His pleading,Yes, forevermore;Come, poor soul, obey Him,I implore.(Open I implore.)

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1882, the words are in 64 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.

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