The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#1227

1227. Would you fear to have your windows open

1 Would you fear to have your windows open
Three times each day,
If sinners saw that you were kneeling
Three times to pray?

Chorus:
Keep your windows open to'ard Jerusalem,
Keep your windows open to'ard Jerusalem;
Keep your windows open to'ard Jerusalem,
And always pray.

2 Would you offer up a bold petition,
If well you knew
That awful den of roaring lions
Awaited you? [Chorus]

3 Would you kneel believing ev'ry promise
The Lord has giv'n?
Or thinking silent prayer sufficient
For you and heav'n? [Chorus]

4 The lesson taught is not to offer
A world-wide prayer:
'Tis duty first and then the promise
Of heav'nly care. [Chorus]

5 Then kneel at morning, noon, and evening,
Nor ever fear
That others who are unbelieving
Your prayer may hear. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Would you fear to have your windows open
• Author: F. E. B.
• Refrain First Line: Keep your windows open to'ard Jerusalem
• Publication Date: 1886
• Scripture:
  Daniel 6:10
• Topic: Special Department: Bible Songs
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Would you fear to have your windows open]
• Composer: F. E. Belden
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.