Open the Door. OPEN THE DOOR.* That God, who calls the human mind Who hears the gracious call within, From Love's exhaustless store. Come, then, dear Saviour-be my guest, And rouse me with thy voice; Then will I struggle to remove The sins which now obstruct thy love, And in that love rejoice. *Behold I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he and open Open the Door. Thou wilt not let me strive in vain The gates of brass shall burst in twain, The iron bars shall fall; Then will my soul thy temple be, Where I shall ever feast with Thee, Sin no more. SIN NO MORE.* A song of gratitude begin, To praise the God who saves from sin; And deigns the contrite sigh to hear; Who whispers hope, when we our sins deploreThy God condemns thee not-offend no more." But, ah! such love can ne'er be sung- Their highest skill below the theme; Dear Lord! is this condition all? To fight the foes that wrought our fall? O then repeat the sweet assurance o'er, "Thy God will not condemn thee-sin no more." *And Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.-John viii. 11. God in His Temple. GOD IN HIS TEMPLE. God is in His holy Temple, Sons of earth, be silent now God is in His holy Temple, While the base are cast behind. Every earthly, low affection, Long opposed, is silent now; Every passion, in subjection, Must at Wisdom's altar bow. *The Lord is in His holy Temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. ii. 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew xviii. 20. Ye are the Temple of God, I. Cor. iii. 16. II. Cor. vi. 16. God in His Temple. God is in His holy Temple, "Tis the church He calls His own, 'Tis the city where assemble All who worship Him alone.* Is the city of our God, There our Saviour governs solely, God is in His holy Temple, 'Tis the Body of our Lord;† Infidels may doubt and tremble, We have learn❜d it from His WORD; From that WORD which wrought creation,+ From that WORD which flesh became,§ Which alone can give salvation— God and Jesus are the same.|| * And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it-the Lamb is the light thereof. Rev. xxi. 22, 23. He spake of the temple of His body. Christ, reconciling the world to Himself. John ii. 21. God was in II. Cor. v. 19. All things were made by Him. John i. 3. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John i. 14. Jesus said-I and my Father are one. John x. 30. |