Yet There Is Room

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"Yet there is room," the Lamb's bright hall of song

Author: Horatius Bonar (1879)
Published in 56 hymnals

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1 "Yet there is room!" The Lamb's bright hall of song,
With its fair glory, beckons thee along;
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

2 Day is declining, and the sun is low;
The shadows lengthen, light makes haste to go:
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

3 The bridal hall is filling for the feast;
Pass in, pass in, and be the Bridegroom's guest;
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

4 It fills, it fills, that hall of jubilee!
Make haste, make haste; 'tis not too full for thee;
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

5 Yet there is room! Still open stands the gate,
The gate of love; it is not yet too late:
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

6 Pass in, pass in, that banquet is for thee;
That cup of everlasting joy is free;
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

7 All heaven is there, all joy! Go in, go in;
The angels beckon thee the prize to win;
Room, room, still room! Oh, enter, enter now!

8 Ere night that gate may close, and seal thy doom,
Then the last, low, long cry: "No room, no room!"
No room, no room:--Oh, woeful cry, "No room."


Source: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #341

Author: Horatius Bonar

Horatius Bonar was born at Edinburgh, in 1808. His education was obtained at the High School, and the University of his native city. He was ordained to the ministry, in 1837, and since then has been pastor at Kelso. In 1843, he joined the Free Church of Scotland. His reputation as a religious writer was first gained on the publication of the "Kelso Tracts," of which he was the author. He has also written many other prose works, some of which have had a very large circulation. Nor is he less favorably known as a religious poet and hymn-writer. The three series of "Hymns of Faith and Hope," have passed through several editions. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: "Yet there is room," the Lamb's bright hall of song
Title: Yet There Is Room
Author: Horatius Bonar (1879)
Meter: 10.10.10
Language: English
Notes: Danish translation: "Endnu er rum i lemmets lysa sal" by P. H. Dam; German translations: Es ist noch raum in Jezu Hochzeitssal" by Ernst Gebhardt, "Frohlocket mit Rum, der Erlöser ist da", "Noch ist hier Raum! Des Lammes Hochzeitssaal"; Spanish translation: Aun hay lugar, escucha pecador" by Pedro Castro; Swedish translation: "Än finns det rum"
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Yet there is room! The Lamb's bright hall of song. H. Bonar. [Parable of the Marriage Supper.] This most appropriate hymn for Home Missions appeared in 1873. It has been somewhat widely adopted, and is given in the collections of Snepp, Sankey, Thring, and others, and is worthy of this attention.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Yet there is room, p. 1299, i. The Rev. H. N. Bonar in his Hymns by Horatius Bonar, Selected and ArrangedRead More

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[Yet there is room] (Sankey)CANTUS (Burnap)ST. REGULUS (Falconer)OtherHighcharts.com
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[Yet there is room] (Sankey)


CANTUS (Burnap)


ST. REGULUS (Falconer)


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