Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 4, Issue 157, 15 January 1943, Page 4

Everyman’s Hut

“Behold I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice AND OPEN THE DOOR, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” —Revelation 3, v. 20. •< ; i . > ■. i Dost thou know as thy bolted heart door to-night, The Saviour in meekness doth stand, And longs for admission ? Pray listen now To . the. knock of the nail-pierced hand.

You turn not away when a friend’s at the door, Here’s One there’s none like in the land, Who asks to come in and for ever adide, Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand. All the pain and the shame of His death on the tree, A welcome from you should command; Since the weight of your sins in His body He bore, Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand. Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand, • Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand; ' Swing the door open wide, bid Him enter and abide, Heed the knock of the nail-pierced hand. Do you remember Holman Hunt’s famous picture “The Light of the World”? The patient Christ stands outside a creeper-covered door, knocking, knocking. There is no handle on the outside,the door can be opened only from within. But still He stands and knocks. “May. I come in?” I wonder did He at last have to walk away in sorrow and disappointment or did the door open for Him to be welcomed in? We, each one, must complete the picture in our individual life. Either He is welcomed in, or neglected and rejected, has to pass on. You may hear Him knocking, may hear Him entereating you to let Him enter. He knocks and speaks in different ways 'to different . individuals, but; at some time or other our thoughts are directed towards God or His Christ through various incidents or experiences. But to hear is not sufficient. Your friend stands outside your door, knocking and calling to you, but you must open the door for him .to come in before you can enjoy his company; otherwise he remains outside. And so with the Christ. He is a friend that sticketh closer than■ a brother, and yet you would let Him stay outside. He brings you gifts of untold worthlife and peace and pardon gifts, to purchase which he gave His own life’s blood at Calvary. Must He go away with these precious gifts just because you will not let Him in? “If any man hear my voice AND OPEN THE DOOR . . . . ” ' -

EVERYMAN’S THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK. The cross is the stumbling block against -which the waves of eternal love broke into the silver spray of speech.J. Parker.