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The Beautiful Golden Gate

There is a gate that opens wide

Author: Edwin Oliver
Tune: [There is a gate that opens wide] (Murray)
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 There is a gate that opens wide,
The beautiful golden gate,
‘Twas opened when the Saviour died,
The beautiful golden gate.

Refrain:
The beautiful golden gate,
Where heavenly angels wait,
You may accept the Saviour now
If you enter the golden gate.

2 Do you desire to enter thro’
The beautiful golden gate?
Repent, or you will never view
The beautiful golden gate. [Refrain]

3 Prepare, for soon the time will come,
To enter that golden gate,
Except ye be converted here,
None enter the golden gate. [Refrain]

4 How sad the words “too late, too late”
To enter the golden gate!
May they not seal your last estate,
Come enter the golden gate. [Refrain]

5 O would you walk the streets of gold,
Then enter the golden gate,
Would see the glory long foretold,
Then enter the golden gate. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 2 #200

Author: Edwin Oliver

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Text Information

First Line: There is a gate that opens wide
Title: The Beautiful Golden Gate
Author: Edwin Oliver
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The beautiful golden gate, where heavenly angels wait
Publication Date: 1911
Copyright: Public Domain

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Crowning Day No. 2 #200

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Crowning Praises #70

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Golden Grain #110

Helping Hands #d78

Prayerful Praises. 5th ed. #d146

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