Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Lift up your stately heads ye doors
Topic: Christ/The Ascension
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM with chorus
Tune: Allen
Hymn Number: 147
Page Number: 059, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLift up your stately heads, ye doors,
With hasty reverence rise,
Ye everlasting doors that guard
The passage to the skies.
For see, for see, the King of Glory comes,
The king of Glory comes along the eternal road,
For see, the King, the King of Glory comes,
The King of Glory comes along the eternal road.
Swift from you golden hinges leap,
Your barriers roll away,
And throw your blazing portals wide,
And burst the gates of day.
For see, for see, the King of Glory comes,
The king of Glory comes along the eternal road,
For see, the King, the King of Glory comes,
The King of Glory comes along the eternal road.
Triumphant Christ ascends on high,
The glorious work complete;
Sin, death, and hell, now vanquished lie
Beneath his awful feet.
There with eternal glory crowned,
The Lord, the Conqueror, reigns;
His praise the heavenly choirs resound,
In their immortal strains.