Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Open now thy gates of beau­ty

Zion

let me en­ter there

Where my soul in joy­ful du­ty

Waits for Him who an­swers pray­er.

Oh

how bless­èd is this place

Filled with sol­ace

light and grace!

Lord

my God

I come be­fore Thee

Come Thou al­so un­to me;

Where we find Thee and ado­re Thee

There a heav’n on earth must be.

To my heart

oh

en­ter Thou

Let it be Thy tem­ple now!

Here Thy praise is glad­ly chant­ed

Here Thy seed is du­ly sown;

Let my soul

where it is plant­ed

Bring forth pre­cious sheaves alone

So that all I hear may be

Fruitful un­to life in me.

Thou my faith in­crease and quick­en

Let me keep Thy gift di­vine

Howsoe’er temp­ta­tions thick­en;

May Thy Word still o’er me shine

As my guid­ing star through life

As my com­fort in my strife.

Speak

O God

and I will hear Thee

Let Thy will be done in­deed;

May I un­dis­turbed draw near Thee

While Thou dost Thy peo­ple feed.

Here of life the foun­tain flows

Here is balm for all our woes.