Golden Gates

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Golden gates, ye glisten

Author: Priscilla J. Owens
Tune: [Golden gates, ye glisten]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Golden gates, ye glisten,
As we pause to listen
To the echoes softly falling from the land of song,
Where the ones who loves us, as they sing above us,
Strike their harps amid the bright, happy throng.

Refrain:
Voices singing, sweetly singing,
Songs of joy and triumph, songs of peace and love;
Voices singing, sweetly singing,
In that land of glory above.

2 O! that blissful chorus,
Floating gently o’er us,
Pleadeth for each little wand’rer from our Savior’s love;
Let us strive to bring them, let us work to win them
To the blessed path that leadeth above. [Refrain]

3 Golden gates, ye brighten,
And our burdens lighten,
As we journey ever upward, looking still to thee;
Till we reach heav’n’s glory, may we teach the story
Of redeeming love so wondrous and free. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.3 #167

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Author: Priscilla J. Owens

Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Golden gates, ye glisten
Title:	Golden Gates
Author:	Priscilla J. Owens
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Voices singing, sweetly singing
Copyright:	Public Domain