The Knock of the Nail-Piercèd Hand

Dost thou know at thy bolt­ed heart’s door to­night

The Sav­ior in meek­ness doth stand

And longs for ad­mis­sion? Pray

list­en now

To the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand

Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand;

Swing the door op­en wide

Bid Him en­ter and abide

Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

Outside He has stood thro’ the length of the years

Since Mo­ther the love-flame first flamed;

You have spurned and re­ject­ed

O give heed to­night

To the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

You turn not away when a friend’s at your door

Here’s one there’s none like in the land

Who asks to come in to for­ev­er abide;

Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.

All the pain and the shame of His death on the tree

A wel­come from you should com­mand

Since the weight of your sins in His bo­dy He bore;

Heed the knock of the nail-pierc­èd hand.