WILL YOU RECEIVE HIM? by Harry Armstrong

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 20, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 38.

WILL YOU RECEIVE HIM?

By Harry Armstrong

SUPPOSE some day unto your door A friend should come so very poor, And he should ask for bread, What would you do? Ah, you would say, "Come in, my friend, for you, this day, Shall at my house be fed"!

Suppose, again, a little child Should come to you with face so mild, And plead your tender care, What would you do? Ah, you would say, "Come in, my child, for you, this day, My home and love shall share"!

And now, suppose that Jesus came Unto your heart, so full of shame, To cleanse it from all sin, What would you do? Ah, would you say, "Come in, Lord Jesus, and to-day Thy holy work begin"?

Or would you coldly from Him turn, And all His tender mercies spurn, And closer shut the door? O, if thy heart could only see Its need, methinks 'twould be for thee His mercy to implore!

Remember, when, by Adam's fall, The sentence, "Death," was passed on all, He came and took your place; And now to-day He humbly stands, Inviting you, with outstretched hands. Will you receive His grace? —Harry Armstrong.