Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

Words: Based on Psalm 24:7
Georg Weissel, 1642; translated from German to English by Catherine Winkworth, 1855.

Music:     "Truro," Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789
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 1  Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates;
    Behold, the King of glory waits;
    The King of kings is drawing near;
    The Savior of the world is here!

 2  O blessed the land, the city blessed
    Where Christ the Ruler is confessed!
    O happy hearts and happy homes
    To whom this King in triumph comes!

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

 4  So come, my Sov'reign, enter in!
    Let new and nobler live begin
    Thy Holy Spirit lead us on
    Until our glorious goal is won;

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