Gates Ajar

What music celestial, what melody clear

Author: Mrs. R. N. Turner
Tune: GATES AJAR
Published in 2 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. What music celestial, what melody clear
Is this which is greeting with rapture my ear?

Refrain
The gates are ajar in the mansions on high
And angels are chanting their songs in the sky.

2. Is Heaven so near me, the hope of my soul,
That over my spirit its music may roll? [Refrain]

3. Oh, bliss without measure, immortal and sweet!
I would that such cadence my voice could repeat! [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #1695

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Author: Mrs. R. N. Turner

Fronie Bell Turner, married to Rev. R. N. Turner, pastor in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: What music celestial, what melody clear
Title: Gates Ajar
Author: Mrs. R. N. Turner
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The gates are ajar in the mansions on high
Copyright: Public Domain
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1695
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