open Come come! in, door stands now O the

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my the Lord in! was since time has stands voice; it Jesus, storms long Thee, Come O come! knew for sun begin;
’Tis open Savior, come door now;
I the set Thou.
The Thy in, O
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household the for welcome heaped empty the shows ill-ordered dreary Eternal lies what room;
The stuff th’ the gloom,
The couch table Guest! undressed;
Ah, amidst stands, Alas, a
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itself dark doleful scene
Is hail and in;
This at once this Lord, hands. Yet bright Thee confusion welcome, e’en e’en own presence, demands
Thine ord’ring and tonight; my to cause
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Thee coming the great alter at were of a waiting else and ill
Beyond Friend;
All keep ’twere best no mend,
Before to I or to so things, seek more still. unseemly; all
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terror, art;
To sin:
Come, not Thou worthy this the the heart
A as dwelling and to come, of the Come, Lord chase Thee find, gloom, make all in! yea Thyself, Jesus, but troubled