I Never Knew You (EN 2892)

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When the King in His beauty shall come to His throne,

And around Him are gathered His loved ones, His own;

There be some who will knock at His fair palace door,

To be answered within, “There is mercy no more.”

“I have never known you,

I have never known you,

I have never, I have never,

I have never known you.”

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They had known whence He came, and the grace which He brought;

In their presence He healed, in their streets He had taught;

They had mentioned His Name and their friendship professed;

But they never believed, for of them He confessed:

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Now the righteous are reigning with Abraham there;

But for these is appointed an endless despair;

It is vain that they call: He once knocked at their gate,

But they welcomed Him not; so now this is their fate:

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O sinner, give heed to this story of gloom,

For the hour is fast nearing that fixes your doom;

Will you still reject mercy? still harden your heart?

Oh, then, what will you do as the King cries, “Depart!”