Behold the Savior at thy door He gently knocks, has knocked before Has waited long, is waiting still You treat no other friend so ill Admit him or the hour’s at hand When at his door denied you’ll stand.

Full Text: Behold the Savior at thy door He gently knocks, has knocked before Has waited long, is waiting still You treat no other friend so ill Admit him or the hour’s at hand When at his door denied you’ll stand.
Listed on Page Number: 326
Sampler Worked By: Martha A. Baldwin
Date of Sampler: 1820
Place Sampler Made: Newark, NJ
Sampler Listed on Page: 124
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Anon/British Hymnals/England/1765 (?)
Notes: Pamphlet record: https://search.worldcat.org/title/34909936 Dobell: https://archive.org/details/anewselectionse00unkngoog This is the first stanza of Joseph Grigg’s hymn Behold the Saviour at thy Door, which was first published in pamphlet form in 1765. No copy of this pamphlet appears online. It was reprinted in several hymnals after that date, including the reference to John Dobell’s Hymnal as cited in Bolton and Coe on page 326.