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Christ in Song 5

Shall I Let Him In?

Words: H. R. P.Music: P. P. Bilhorn

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1Christ is knocking at my sad heart; Shall I let him in? Patiently pleading with folded arms; Shall I let him in? Cold and proud in his love impart, He can save me from my sins apart, O shall I let him in?

2Shall I send him from my door? Shall I let him go? God and gracious Lord, O shall I let him in? He can take my sin-sick heart, He can bless and comfort and impart, O bless-ed Saviour, a kiss with me, God and gracious Lord.

3Christ is all with joy and gladness on my side; O shall I let him in? If I ask him from his heart, Shall I bid him go? Christ is bidding me turn-ed to him, O shall I let him in? O all will nights of woe; I am safe if I'm on - ly with thee, O bless-ed Lord, come in!

Words
H. R. P.

Copyright, 1896, by P. P. Bilhorn

The verse

Meter
50
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Christ is knocking at my sad heart; Shall I let him in? Patiently pleading with folded arms; Shall I let him in? Cold and proud in his love impart, He can save me from my sins apart, O shall I let him in?/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘50A

Verse 2

Shall I send him from my door? Shall I let him go? God and gracious Lord, O shall I let him in? He can take my sin-sick heart, He can bless and comfort and impart, O bless-ed Saviour, a kiss with me, God and gracious Lord.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘??/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/53A

Verse 3

Christ is all with joy and gladness on my side; O shall I let him in? If I ask him from his heart, Shall I bid him go? Christ is bidding me turn-ed to him, O shall I let him in? O all will nights of woe; I am safe if I'm on - ly with thee, O bless-ed Lord, come in!/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘///˘63A

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.