I Never Knew You

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.

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:

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:

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!