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Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates

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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Modality

C Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Georg Weissel [1590-1635]

Composer

Lowell Mason [1792-1872 (alt.)]

Language

English

Original Language

German

Publication Date

1985

Source

Psalmodia Evangelica [Part II]

Translator

Catherine Winkworth [1827-1878]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Nov 12, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jun 11, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 05, 2023 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 14, 2019 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 09, 2014 00:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

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.

O blest the land, the city blest,
where Christ the ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
to whom this King of triumph comes!

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.

Redeemer, come! I open wide
my heart to thee: here, Lord, abide!
Let me thy inner presence feel:
thy grace and love in me reveal.

So come, my Sovereign; enter in!
Let new and nobler life begin;
thy Holy Spirit guide us on,
until the glorious crown be won.