The Hymnal 1982 270
so, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold
- Tune
- angelus emittitur
- Author(s)
- John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
- Composer(s)
- Richard Runciman Terry, 1865-1938
- Meter
- 7.7.7 with refrain
- Text Source(s)
- Piae Cantiones, 1582
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1. Gabriel’s message does away Satan’s curse and Satan’s sway, out of darkness brings our Day: so, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold.
2. He that comes despised shall reign; he that cannot die, be slain; death by death its death shall gain: so, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold.
3. Weakness shall the strong confound; by the hands, in grave clothes wound, Adam’s chains shall be unbound: so, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold.
4. Art by art shall be assailed; to the cross shall Life be nailed; from the grave shall hope be hailed: so, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold.