SOME ONE AT THE DOOR by Richard Gear Hobbs

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 11.

SOME ONE AT THE DOOR.

By Richard Gear Hobbs

AWAKE, O heart! and sleep no more! There's some one knocking at the door; His feet have come a weary way, And still abide your long delay.

Though chilling dews have wet his locks, He patient stands, and gently knocks. Your silence grieves him. Rise, O heart, Unbar the door lest Christ depart.

For Christ it is who deigns to stand And ask for what he might demand— An open door, a ready seat, A welcome for his presence sweet.

He comes to save you by his grace; He comes to bring you Heaven's peace. Awake, O heart! and sleep no more! There's some one knocking at the door. —Richard Gear Hobbs, in The Current.