The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916 186. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!

The Hymnal‎#186

Text:	Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Author:	Georg Weissel
Translator:	Catherine Winkworth
Tune:	WAREHAM
Composer:	William Knapp

Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Behold the King of glory waits;
The King of kings is drawing near;
The Savior of the world is here.

The Lord is just, a helper tried;
Mercy is ever at his side;
His kingly crown is holiness;
His scepter, pity in distress.

O blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the Ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King of triumph comes!

Fling wide the portals of your heart!
Make it a temple, set apart
From earthly use for heaven's employ,
Adorned with prayer and love and joy.

Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to thee: here, Lord abide!
Let me thy inner presence feel:
Thy grace and love in me reveal.

So come, my Sovereign! enter in!
Let new and nobler life begin!
Thy Holy Spirit, guide us on,
Until the glorious crown be won!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line:	Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Author:	Georg Weissel (1642)
Translator:	Catherine Winkworth (1855)
Meter:	L.M.
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1916
Topic:	The Ascension Day

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