{"slug": "lift-up-your-heads-ye-mighty-gates", "title": "Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates", "first_line": "Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates! Behold, the King of glory waits", "author": "georg-weissel", "author_date": "1642", "translator": "catherine-winkworth", "translator_date": "1855", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Anticipation", "Art and Music", "Christian Home", "Family", "Christmas", "Advent", "Consecration", "Crown", "Father", "God, As King", "God, Creator", "God, Goodness of", "God, Mercy of", "Grace", "Gratitude", "Holy Spirit", "Inner Life", "Invitation (Faithful's to God)", "Jesus", "Kindness, God's", "Light", "Presence", "Salvation", "Second Coming", "Trinity", "Worship"], "scripture": ["Psalm 24:7", "Psalm 118:19-20", "Matthew 3:1-3", "Isaiah 26:2", "Isaiah 60:4-5", "Revelation 22:20"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:36 (line 1933); Words Georg Weissel 1642, tr. Catherine Winkworth 1855, Music August Lemke 1849, setting \"Concordia Kinderch\u00f6re\" 1908; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Lift up your heads, ye might -- y gates! Be -- hold, the King of glo -- ry waits; The King of kings is draw -- ing near, The Sav -- ior of the world is here; Life and sal -- va -- tion doth He bring, Where -- fore re -- joice and glad -- ly sing: We praise Thee, Fa -- ther, now! Cre -- a -- tor, wise art Thou!", "prose": ["Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!", "Behold, the King of glory waits;", "The King of kings is drawing near,", "The Savior of the world is here;", "Life and salvation doth He bring,", "Wherefore rejoice and gladly sing:", "We praise Thee, Father, now!", "Creator, wise art Thou!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The Lord is just, a Help -- er tried, Mer -- cy is ev -- er at His side, His king -- ly crown is ho -- li -- ness, His scep -- ter, pit -- y in dis -- tress, The end of all our woe He brings; Where -- fore the earth is glad and sings: We praise Thee, Sav -- ior, now! Might -- y in deed art Thou!", "prose": ["The Lord is just, a Helper tried,", "Mercy is ever at His side,", "His kingly crown is holiness,", "His scepter, pity in distress,", "The end of all our woe He brings;", "Wherefore the earth is glad and sings:", "We praise Thee, Savior, now!", "Mighty in deed art Thou!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O blest the land, the cit -- y blest, Where Christ the Rul -- er is con -- fessed! O hap -- py hearts and hap -- py homes To whom this King in tri -- umph comes! The cloud -- less Sun of joy He is, Who bring -- eth pure de -- light and bliss. O Com -- fort -- er di -- vine, What bound -- less grace is Thine!", "prose": ["O blest the land, the city blest,", "Where Christ the Ruler is confessed!", "O happy hearts and happy homes", "To whom this King in triumph comes!", "The cloudless Sun of joy He is,", "Who bringeth pure delight and bliss.", "O Comforter divine,", "What boundless grace is Thine!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Fling wide the por -- tals of your heart; Make it a tem -- ple, set a -- part From earth -- ly use for heav'ns em -- ploy, A -- dorned with prayer and love and joy; So shall your Sov -- ereign en -- ter in, and new and no -- bler life be -- gin; To Thee, O God, be praise, For Word, and deed, and grace!", "prose": ["Fling wide the portals of your heart;", "Make it a temple, set apart", "From earthly use for heav'ns employ,", "Adorned with prayer and love and joy;", "So shall your Sovereign enter in,", "and new and nobler life begin;", "To Thee, O God, be praise,", "For Word, and deed, and grace!"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Re -- deem -- er, come! I o -- pen wide My heart to Thee; here, Lord, a -- bide! Let me Thy in -- ner pres -- ence feel, Thy grace and love in me re -- veal. Thy Ho -- ly Spir -- it guide us on, Un -- til our glo -- rious goal be won! E -- ter -- nal praise and fame We of -- fer to Thy Name.", "prose": ["Redeemer, come! I open wide", "My heart to Thee; here, Lord, abide!", "Let me Thy inner presence feel,", "Thy grace and love in me reveal.", "Thy Holy Spirit guide us on,", "Until our glorious goal be won!", "Eternal praise and fame", "We offer to Thy Name."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}