Advent Hymnals

090. I STOOD OUTSIDE THE GATE

Christ in Song,

1.
I stood outside the gate,
A poor, wayfaring child:
Within my heart there beat
A tempest loud and wild;
A fear oppressed my soul,
That I might be too late;
And oh, I trembled sore,
And pray'd outside the gate,
And pray'd outside the gate.

2.
"O Mercy!" loud I cried,
"Now give me rest from sin!"
"I will," a voice replied;
And Mercy let me in;
She bound my bleeding wounds,
And soothed my heart, opprest;
She washed away my guilt
And gave me peace and rest,
And gave me peace and rest. 

3.
In Mercy's guise I knew
The Saviour long abused,
Who often sought my heart,
And wept when I refused;
Oh!  what a blest return
For all my years of sin!
I stood outside the gate,
And Jesus let me in,
And Jesus let me in,

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  Title	I Stood Outside the Gate
  Key	B♭ Major
  Titles	undefined
  First Line	I stood outside the gate
  Author	Josephine Pollard
  Year	1908
  Composer	Hubert P. Main
  Hymnal	-
  Tune	I stood outside the gate
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  Subjects	Invitation and Repentance; Invitation and Repentance: Call Accepted
  Texts	undefined
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