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At the Beautiful Gate

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I think I should mourn over my sorrowful fate

Author: Joseph H. Martin
Tune: [I think I should mourn over my sorrowful fate]
Published in 29 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I think I should mourn o’er my sorrowful fate,
If sorrow in heaven can be,
If no one should be at the beautiful gate,
There waiting and watching for me.

Refrain:
Yes, waiting and watching for me,
Yes, waiting and watching for me;
May many of those at the beautiful gate,
Be waiting and watching for me.

2 How sadly I’d feel in the heavenly state,
If sadness in heaven can be,
If no one should be at the beautiful gate,
Conducted to glory by me. [Refrain]

3 O Lord, I beseech Thee for wisdom and grace,
In winning lost souls unto Thee,
That many may be in that beautiful place,
A crown of rejoicing to me. [Refrain]

Source: The Crowning Day : For use in Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #17

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Author: Joseph H. Martin

Late 19th Century. Martin was a minister. http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/t/martin_jh.htm Go to person page >

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	I think I should mourn over my sorrowful fate
Title:	At the Beautiful Gate
Author:	Joseph H. Martin
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Yes, waiting and watching for me
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

[I think I should mourn over my sorrowful fate]

All tunes published with 'At the Beautiful Gate'^ top

Timeline

Media

Audio

MIDI file from The Crowning Day : For use in Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #17

Page Scans

The Gospel Echo: For the Church, Sunday-School and Evangelistic Service (1916), p.144

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 29 of 29)

Cheerful Songs #130

Children's Diadem #d34

Children's Hosannas #d45

Christian Hymns #214

Gates Ajar #61

Glory Bells #32

Good News #17

Gospel Bells #d54

Gospel Light #d114

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d203

Heavenly Tidings #d37

Morning Stars #117

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #793

New Life #40

Our New Book for Sunday Schools, Prayer, Praise and Gospel Meetings #d30

Popular Hymns, revised #87

Prayer and Praise #272

Sacred Melodies (Revised) #d129

Songs of Evangelism #127

The Best Standard Songs #9

The Christian Church Hymnal #331

The Crowning Day #17

The Eureka Tidings of Joy #99

The Gospel Echo #143

The Gospel Gleaner #d52

The Revival No. 3 #167

The Zion Songster Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #44

Triumphant Songs No.1 #127

Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #144

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