One in Faith ‎#885

885. Lift Up Your Heads

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

2 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!

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

4 Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to you: here, Lord, abide!
Let me your inner presence feel:
Your grace and love in me reveal.

5 So come, my Sov'reign, enter in!
Let new and nobler life begin;
Your Holy Spirit guide us on,
Until the glorious crown be won.

Text Information

• First Line: Lift up your heads, O mighty gates
• Title: Lift Up Your Heads
• Author: Georg Weissel, 1590-1635
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2015
• Topic: Second Coming

Tune Information

• Name: TRURO
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Source: Musica Sacra...Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes and Chants, Bath, c. 1788