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| Text: | Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates |
| Author: | George Weissel, 1590-1635 |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 |
| Tune: | TRURO |
| Harmonizer: | Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 |
1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates;
Behold the King of glory waits!
The King of kings is drawing near;
The Savior of the world is here.
2 O blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the ruler is confest!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King of triumph comes!
3 Fling wide the portals of your heart;
Make it a temple, set apart
From earthly use for heav'n's employ,
Adorned with prayer and love and joy.
4 So come, my Sov'reign; enter in!
Let new and nobler life begin;
Thy Holy Spirit guide us on,
Until the glorious crown be won.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates |
| Title: | Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates |
| Author: | George Weissel, 1590-1635 |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 |
| Meter: | LM with Refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Kingdom/Reign of God; Second Coming; The Liturgical Year: Advent (Sundays and Weekdays) (1 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TRURO |
| Harmonizer: | Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 (alt.) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | C Major |
| Source: | Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, Part II, 1789 |
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