The Gates of Glory

Though at times we meet with grief and sorrow

Author: Alfred Barratt
Tune: [Though at times we meet with grief and sorrow]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Alfred Barratt

Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Though at times we meet with grief and sorrow
Title: The Gates of Glory
Author: Alfred Barratt
Language: English
Refrain First Line: When we reach the golden gates of glory
Publication Date: 1952
Copyright: © 1952 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Songs of Cheer"

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Songs of Cheer #33

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