Text: | He the Pearly Gates Will Open |
Author: | Frederick A. Blom |
Translator: | Nathaniel Carlson |
Tune: | PEARLY GATES |
Arranger: | Elsie Ahlwén |
Composer: | Alfred Dulin Olsen, 20th C. |
1 Love divine, so great and wondrous,
deep and mighty, pure, sublime,
coming from the heart of Jesus--
just the same thro' tests of time.
[Refrain:]
He the pearly gates will open,
so that I may enter in;
for he purchased my redemption,
and forgave me all my sin.
2 Like a dove when hunted, frightened,
as a wounded fawn was I,
brokenhearted, yet he healed me--
he will heed the sinner’s cry. (Refrain)
3 Love divine, so great and wondrous--
all my sins he then forgave;
I will sing his praise forever,
for his blood, his power to save. (Refrain)
4 In life’s eventide, at twilight,
at his door I’ll knock and wait;
by the precious love of Jesus,
I shall enter heaven’s gate. (Refrain)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Love divine, so great and wondrous |
Title: | He the Pearly Gates Will Open |
Author: | Frederick A. Blom (1917) |
Translator: | Nathaniel Carlson (c. 1935) |
Refrain First Line: | He the pearly gates will open |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.Ref. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Death and Eternal Life; Old Age; Heaven(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PEARLY GATES |
Composer: | Alfred Dulin Olsen, 20th C. |
Arranger: | Elsie Ahlwén (1930) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.Ref. |
Key: | G Major |