Religion
Christ the only Door
From Spiritual Melody (1691), Part II
A Way is found to happiness,
Heaven is a lovely place;
Thou art the Door, O Lord, alone
Through thee we see God's face.
All good lyes hid in God above,
Like to a House of store;
And such who would go in and eat,
Must enter by this Door.
All true Men enter the right way,
They at the door go in;
No Pardon, Peace, but 'tis by thee,
Nor cleansing from our sin.
We in thy Church ought all to dwell,
Bring in more souls and more
By thy Example, Doctrine too,
Thou art the only Door.
All praise and glory unto God
Let us now sing again;
For shewing to us the right Door,
And bringing of us in.
Codex Note
Hymn 25 in the source
Cite this poem
MLA
Keach, Benjamin. “Christ the only Door.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/keach/26/.
Chicago
Keach, Benjamin. “Christ the only Door.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/keach/26/.
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