Behold a stranger at the door!

196 Bera. L. M.

1 Behold a Stranger at the door!
   He gently knocks, has knocked before,
   Has waited long, is waiting still:
   You treat no other friend so ill.

2 O lovely attitude! He stands
   With melting heart and laden hands:
   O matchless kindness! and He shows
   This matchless kindness to His foes.

3 But will He prove a friend indeed?
   He will; the very friend you need;
   The Friend of sinners--yea, 'tis He,
   With garments dyed on Calvary.

4 Rise, touched with gratitude divine;
   Turn out His enemy and thine,
   That soul-destroying monster, sin,
   And let the heavenly Stranger in.
                         Joseph Grigg
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition