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Text:Zion, at Your Shining Gates
Author (st. 1, 3-5):Benjamin H. Kennedy, 1804-1889
Author (st. 2) and Alterer:Michael Schultz, b. 1963
Tune:COVENANT CHURCH
Composer:K. Lee Scott, b. 1960

701. Zion, at Your Shining Gates

1 Zion, at your shining gates,
See, the King of glory waits;
Haste your monarch now to greet,
Spread your palms before his feet.

2 [Text copyrigthed]

3 Come and give us peace within,
Loose us from the bands of sin,
Take away the heavy weight
Laid on us by greed and hate.

4 Give us grace your yoke to wear,
Give us strength your cross to bear,
Make us yours in deed and word,
Yours in heart and life, O Lord.

5 So when you shall come again,
Lord of angels and of men,
We with all your saints shall sing
Loud hosannas to our King.

Text Information
First Line: Zion, at your shining gates
Title: Zion, at Your Shining Gates
Author (st. 1, 3-5): Benjamin H. Kennedy, 1804-1889 (alt.)
Author (st. 2) and Alterer: Michael Schultz, b. 1963
Meter: 77 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 2008
Topic: Advent
Copyright: Text (st. 2) © 2006 Michael Schultz.
Tune Information
Name: COVENANT CHURCH
Composer: K. Lee Scott, b. 1960
Meter: 77 77
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1990 Concordia Publishing House.



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