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Text:Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
Author:Georg Wiessel
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:TRURO

152. Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates,
Behold, the King of Glory waits;
The King of Kings is drawing near;
The Saviour of the world is here!

2 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.

3 Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to Thee; here, Lord, abide.
Let me Thy inner presence feel;
They grace and love in me reveal.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Title: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
Author: Georg Wiessel (1642)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture:
Topic: Christ: Advent; Christ: Birth and Infancy; Christ: Presence (3 more...)
Notes: For higher key, see Hymn 481.
Tune Information
Name: TRURO
Meter: L. M.
Key: C Major
Source: T. Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789



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