Songs of Christian Service ‎#74

74. A Step on the Threshold

1 A step on the threshold, a knock at the door,
The One who stands waiting has waiting before;
‘Tis Jesus who knocks at the portals of sin;
O will you not rise and now bid him come in?

Refrain:
Bid him come in! He’ll cleanse you of sin!
Thy darkness shall vanish and sunshine come in!
Bid him come in! He’ll cleanse you of sin!
Thy darkness shall vanish and sunshine come in!

2 Why keep him there standing? Respond to his knock!
O hasten in gladness the door to unlock!
Why linger in sin? Why wait in the night,
When Jesus is waiting to give thee the light? [Refrain]

3 O doubt, then, no longer, but fling wide the door
To him who so often has waited before;
‘Tis Jesus who knocks at the portals of sin;
O will you not rise and now bid him come in? [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: A step on the threshold, a knock at the door
• Title: A Step on the Threshold
• Author: A. J. C.
• Refrain First Line: Bid Him come in, He'll cleanse you of sin
• Publication Date: 1903

Tune Information

• Name: [A step on the threshold, a knock at the door]
• Composer: Mrs. J. G. Wilson