THE OPEN DOOR by Mrs. Ranyard

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 17, 1876

THE OPEN DOOR.

By Mrs. Ranyard

The mistakes of my life are many, The sins of my heart are more, And I scarce can see for weeping, But I come to the open door.

I am lowest of those who love Him, I am weakest of those who pray, But I am coming as he has bidden, And he will not say me, “Nay.”

My mistakes his love will cover, My sins he will wash away; And the feet that shrink and falter Shall walk through the gates of day.

If I turn not from his whisper, If I let not go his hand, I shall see him in his beauty, The King in the far-off land.

The mistakes of my life are many, And my soul is sick with sin, And I scarce can see for weeping, But the Lord will let me in.

—Mrs. Ranyard.