Scripture Verse

Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. Psalm 24:7

Introduction

Words: From The Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1912), num­ber 58.

Music: Lan­sing (Ga­bri­el) Charles H. Ga­bri­el, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

Ye gates, lift your heads, the glad sum­mons ob­ey,
Ye doors ev­er­last­ing, wide op­en the way.
The king of all glo­ry high hon­ors await,
The king of all glo­ry shall en­ter in state.

What king of all glo­ry is this that ye sing?
The Lord, strong and migh­ty, the con­quer­ing King.
Ye gates, lift your heads, and His sum­mons obey,
Ye doors ev­er­last­ing, wide op­en the way.

The King of all glo­ry high hon­ors await,
The King of all glo­ry shall en­ter in state.
What king of all glo­ry is this that ye sing?
Jehovah of hosts, He of glo­ry is King.