Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock (Open the Door of thy Heart) - Fillmore

This is a children's hymn about the image of knocking on the door of heaven, as presented in on Revelations 3:20, 

It was written by American singing-teacher, Gospel song-writer and evangelical pastor, Charles Millard Fillmore (1860-1952), and first published in The Children's Hallelujah (1886).

It is set to a tune by J H Rosecrans (1845-1926), which is sometimes called ROSECRANS.

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Lyrics

Behold! I stand at the door and knock;
Will you not let me come in?
With you in blessing I will abide,
And cleanse you from all your sin.

Chorus:
I knock, knock, open to me,
Open the door of thy heart.
I knock, knock, open to me,
Open, I soon may depart.

See, others knock and an entrance find,
Though often unworthy they be;
Oh why admission to such allow,
Refusing to open to me?

The time will come when I will not knock,
And ask to abide in your heart,
But leaving you to your idols joined,
Forever from you, I'll depart.

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Behold! I stand at the door and knock;
Will you not let me come in?
With you in blessing I will abide,
And cleanse you from all your sin.

Chorus:
I knock, knock, open to me,
Open the door of thy heart.
I knock, knock, open to me,
Open, I soon may depart.

See, others knock and an entrance find,
Though often unworthy they be;
Oh why admission to such allow,
Refusing to open to me?

The time will come when I will not knock,
And ask to abide in your heart,
But leaving you to your idols joined,
Forever from you, I'll depart.