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Christ in Song 4

At the Door

Words: Mrs. O. L. FosterMusic: Rev. Robert Lowry

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1The mistakes of my life are many, The sins of my heart are more; And I scarce can find I am weeping, But I know I am weak and sinful, My love - of it brings me few him; O'er the failure and the fall.

RefrainAt the door, I know I am weak and sinful, But I know at the o - pen door.

2But I know at the op - en door, And he will not say me nay; I know I am weak and sinful, But Jesus bid - day, But sin - ning; And I'm hold-ing my heart to thee.

3It comes to me more and more; let since the fair Saviour has bid us come in, I'll en - ter the o - pen door.

Scripture
Rev. 3:8

Used by permission

The verse

Meter
49
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

The mistakes of my life are many, The sins of my heart are more; And I scarce can find I am weeping, But I know I am weak and sinful, My love - of it brings me few him; O'er the failure and the fall.˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘??˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/49A

Verse 2

But I know at the op - en door, And he will not say me nay; I know I am weak and sinful, But Jesus bid - day, But sin - ning; And I'm hold-ing my heart to thee.˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘??˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/39A

Verse 3

It comes to me more and more; let since the fair Saviour has bid us come in, I'll en - ter the o - pen door.˘/˘˘/˘///˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/26A

Refrain

At the door, I know I am weak and sinful, But I know at the o - pen door.˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/19A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.