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Text: | Gates Ajar |
Author: | C. A. M. |
Tune: | [Faith reveals in untold beauty] |
Composer: | C. Austin Miles |
1 Faith reveals in untold beauty,
What no mortal eye can see;
‘Tis a vision fair and glorious,
Of the gates ajar for me.
Refrain:
Gates ajar, gates ajar, of that city I see,
As I sail upon the billows of Times resistless sea;
“Yes, I think I see that city, and the lighthouse on the shore,”
And I hear the angels singing thro’ the gates ajar.
O come angel band,
Come and around me stand;
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home.
2 Lord, I know I am not worthy
Of myself, to be Thine own,
But I know Thou wilt not fail me,
When I kneel before Thy throne. [Refrain]
3 Fearless when I wait the boatman,
Who shall bear me o’er the sea,
To that fair and blessed harbor,
With its gats ajar for me. [Refrain]
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First Line: | Faith reveals in untold beauty |
Title: | Gates Ajar |
Author: | C. A. M. |
Refrain First Line: | Gates ajar |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1922 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Faith reveals in untold beauty] |
Composer: | C. Austin Miles |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |