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The Golden Gates Are Lifted Up

Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 132 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The golden gates are lifted up, the doors are opened wide; the King of glory is gone in unto his Father's side. 2 Thou art gone up before us, Lord, to make for us a place, that we may be where now thou art, and look upon God's face. 3 And ever on our earthly path a gleam of glory lies, a light still breaks behind the cloud that veiled thee from our eyes. 4 Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds: let thy dear grace be giv'n, that, while we wander here below, our treasure be in heav'n; 5 That where thou art, at God's right hand, our hope, our love, may be: dwell thou in us, that we may dwell forevermore in thee. Topics: Jesus Christ His Ascension Scripture: John 14:2 Used With Tune: MIRFIELD

My soul, how lovely is the place to which thy God

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 158 hymnals Topics: Opening of Service Used With Tune: MIRFIELD

Plung'd in a gulf of dark despair

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 480 hymnals Used With Tune: MIRFIELD

O where are the kings and empires now

Author: Bp. A. C. Coxe, 1818-1896 Appears in 303 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O where are kings and empires now, Of old that went and came? But, Lord, thy Church is praying yet, A thousand years the same. 2 We mark her goodly battlements, And her foundations strong; We hear within the solemn voice Of her unending song. 3 For not like kingdoms of the world Thy holy Church, O God! Though earthquake shocks are threatening her, And tempests are abroad; 4 Unshaken as eternal hills, Immovable she stands, A mountain that shall fill the earth, A house not made by hands. Topics: Church Immovable; Church Immovable; The Church and the Kingdom of God The Church Used With Tune: MIRFIELD

There is a land of pure delight

Author: I. Watts Appears in 1,418 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Eternal day excludes the night And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-fading flowers; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Bright fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4 But timorous mortals start and shrink To cross the narrow sea; And linger, trembling on the brink, And fear to launch away. 5 O could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love, With faith's illumined eyes: 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. Topics: General Used With Tune: MIRFIELD