1 The golden gates are lifted up,
the doors are opened wide,
the King of Glory is gone up
unto his Father’s side.
2 And ever on our earthly path
a gleam of glory lies,
a light still breaks behind the cloud
that veils thee from our eyes.
3 Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds,
and let thy grace be given,
that, while we linger yet below,
our treasure be in heaven;
4 that, where thou art at God’s right hand,
our hope, our love may be:
dwell in us now, that we may dwell
for evermore in thee.
Source: CPWI Hymnal #195
First Line: | The golden gates are lifted up |
Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander (1852, 1858) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
The eternal gates lift up their heads. Cecil F. Alexander, née Humphreys. [Ascension.] Contributed to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Hymns, 1852, No. 62, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. In 1858 it was published in a revised form in Mrs. Alexander's Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, No. 14, as "The Golden gates are lifted up." It is in common use in both forms: but the earlier is the more widely used of the two. In addition st. iii., iv. are given in the American Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864, as "O, ever on our earthly path."
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)