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Text: | Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates |
Author: | Georg Weissel |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | TRURO |
Composer: | Unknown |
Media: | Audio recording |
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 Fling wide the portals of your heart;
make it a temple, set apart
from earthly use for heaven’s employ,
adorned with prayer and love and joy.
3 Redeemer, come! I open wide
my heart to thee; here, Lord, abide.
Let me thy inner presence feel;
thy grace and love in me reveal.
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First Line: | Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates |
Title: | Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates |
Author: | Georg Weissel (1642) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1855, 1863) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Invitation; Jesus Christ: Advent; Living in Christ |
Beginning as a paraphrase of Psalm 24:7–10, this text then applies the door imagery to the singer’s heart, and concludes with the individual’s welcome of the approaching Savior. It is set to a very effective anonymous 18th-century English tune that has served many texts.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |