Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Psalm 24:7
Words: Lizzie DeArmond, in The Voice of Praise, edited by Lincoln Hall, Irvin H. Mack & C. Austin Miles (New York & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack, 1904), number 214.
Music: J. Lincoln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc).
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O swing the gates wide open,
Ye angels fair and bright,
The King of glory cometh,
Triumphant in His might.
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Sing glory, hallelujah,
The night of death is past;
The resurrection morning
Has dawned on us at last.
Sing glory, hallelujah,
The night of death is past;
The resurrection morning
Has dawned on us at last.
Praise God! Sing hallelujah!
The stone is rolled away;
Beyond the tomb is shining
Hope’s glad eternal day.
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O swing the gates wide open,
Our longing eyes would see
The Christ who lives in Heaven
To plead for you and me.
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With songs of adoration,
We haste to greet our king,
While thro’ the streets so golden
Loud hallelujahs ring.
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