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Text: | Open now thy gates of beauty |
Author: | Benjamin Schmolck, 1672 - 1737 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 |
Tune: | NEANDER (UNSER HERRSCHER) |
Composer: | Joachim Neander, 1650 - 80 |
1 Open now thy gates of beauty,
Zion, let me enter there,
Where my soul in joyful duty
Waits on him who answers prayer:
O how blessed is this place,
Filled with solace, light, and grace.
2 Here, O God, I come before thee,
Come thou also down to me;
Where we find thee and adore thee,
There a heaven on earth must be:
To my heart O enter thou,
Let it be thy temple now. A-men.
3 Here thy praise is gladly chanted,
Here thy seed is duly sown;
Let my soul, where it is planted,
Bring forth precious sheaves alone:
So that all I hear may be
Fruitful unto life in me.
4 Thou my faith increase and quicken,
Let me keep thy gift divine;
Howsoe'er temptations thicken,
May thy word still o'er me shine,
As my guiding star through life,
As my comfort in my strife.
5 Speak, O God, and I will hear thee,
Let thy will be done indeed;
May I undisturbed draw near thee
While thou dost thy people feed;
Here of life the fountain flows,
Here is balm for all our woes.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Open now thy gates of beauty |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 |
Author: | Benjamin Schmolck, 1672 - 1737 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church: The House of God; The Church: Worship - The Beginning of Service |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to DANA (No. 456). |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NEANDER (UNSER HERRSCHER) |
Composer: | Joachim Neander, 1650 - 80 |
Meter: | 8 7, 8 7, 7 7. |
Key: | C Major |