Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart

Words and music by Mrs. C. H. Morris.

From Forty Gospel Hymn Stories by George W. Sanville, 1943, p.28.

An altar service, the kneeling penitent, the praying intercessors, helping a seeking soul to find Christ, mark the unforgettable scene when "Let Jesus come Into Your Heart" was born.

Here is drama, deeply moving, soul-stirring.  The pen of no playwright can adorn its sheer beauty.  No stage can rival its perfect setting.  No acting can better personalize the realism of the truth here depicted in living characters.  It is God dealing with the human soul.

At the Sunday morning service, Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, camp meeting, the minister preached with [great] fervor.  His zeal for souls charged his message with spiritual power.  His handling of his theme, "Repentance," brought many to the altar.  One was a woman of culture and refinement.  As she knelt and prayed, she gave evidence of the inner struggle taking place.  She wanted to do something--to give, not receive.  Mrs. C. H. Morris quietly joined her at the altar, put her arm around her, and prayed with her.  Mrs. Morris said. "Just now your doubting give o'er."  Dr. H. L. Gilmour, song leader of the camp meeting, added another phrase, "Just now reject him no more."  L. H. Baler, the preacher of the sermon, earnestly importuned, "Just now throw open the door."  Mrs. Morris made the last appeal, "Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart."

Thus was born that morning the chorus of this famous song.  Simultaneously, and more important, a soul was born into the Kingdom.  Mrs. Morris completed  the hymn before the close of the camp meeting.  This hymn is unique in the contribution made by the participators, and stands as a great testimony to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit through the preached Word.

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

If you are tired of the load of your sins,

Let Jesus come into your heart;

If you desire a new life to begin,

Let Jesus come into your heart.

Chorus:

Just now, your doubtings give o'er;

Just now, reject Him no more;

Just now, throw open the door;

Let Jesus come into your heart.

If 'tis for purity now that you sigh,

Let Jesus come into your heart;

Fountains for cleansing are flowing near by,

Let Jesus come into your heart.

Chorus.

If there's a tempest your voice cannot still,

Let Jesus come into your heart;

If there's a void this world never can fill,

Let Jesus come into your heart.

Chorus.

If you  would join the glad songs of the blest,

Let Jesus come into your heart;

If you would enter the mansions of rest,

Let Jesus come into your heart.

Chorus.