Scripture Verse

Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14

Introduction

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Daniel W. Whittle (1840–1901)

Words: Da­ni­el W. Whit­tle, 1882. Sug­gest­ed on see­ing the Gold­en GateSan Fran­cis­co Har­bor. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as El Na­than, Whit­tle’s pseu­do­nym.

Music: James Mc­Gra­na­han (🔊 pdf nwc).

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James McGranahan (1840–1907)
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Lyrics

Our hearts are filled with joy to­day;
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
Its light is beam­ing o’er our way:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
Tossed on the sea we’ve sighed for home,
O’er oceans wide for this we’ve come,
The voy­age now is al­most done,
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!

Refrain

Then sing, sing, O sail­or, sing!
Let joy, joy each heart elate!
The light has come, we’re al­most home,
We’ve sighted the gold­en gate!

They’ve sig­naled us from off the land;
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
Our friends are gath’ring on the strand;
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
That we of en­trance should not fail,
We an­swered to the pi­lot’s hail,
With him on board we safe­ly sail:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!

Refrain

How light the tri­als that have come:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
Forgotten now in sight of home:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
The storms and clouds will soon be past,
Then shel­tered from the stor­my blast,
With sails all furled and an­chor cast:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!

Refrain

Our God, with grate­ful hearts to Thee:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
Once lost on life’s tem­pes­tu­ous sea:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!
Our Lord and Sav­ior, soon at home,
The grace that saved we’ll glad­ly own;
’Twas all of grace and that alone:
We’ve sight­ed the gold­en gate!

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