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Where the Gates Swing Outward Never
Words and music by Charles H. Gabriel, 1856-1932. From Forty Gospel Hymn Stories by George W. Sanville, 1943, p. 80. "Dad," said Charles H. Gabriel, Jr., from the embrace of his father, "if I never see you again here, I'll meet you where the gates never swing outward." His father, the beloved song writer, had gone to New York to bid his son God-speed as he departed for France during the First World War. It was while clasped in that last good-bye, his eyes turned toward the gates through which he must pass to go on shipboard. Those gates of entrance to war and death swung both ways; it gave him apt figure of speech to phrase his parting from his father. "I'll meet you where the gates never swing outward!" The words sketched a picture in the mind of his father, who, while the train journeyed westward toward his Chicago home, held in his heart his son's heart-warming good-bye of love and...affection. From his meditation came this tender song: "Where the gates swing outward never!"
Revelation 21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Just a few more days to be filled with praise, And to tell the old, old story; Then, when twilight falls, and my Savior calls, I shall go to Him in glory. Chorus: I'll exchange my cross for a starry crown, Where the gates swing outward never; At His feet I'll lay ev'ry burden down, And with Jesus reign forever. Just a few more years with their toil and tears, And the journey will be ended; Then I'll be with Him, where the tide of time With eternity is blended. Chorus.
Tho' the hills be steep and the valleys deep, With no flow'rs my way adorning; Tho' the night be lone and my rest a stone, Joy awaits me in the morning. Chorus.
What a joy 'twill be when I wake to see Him for whom my heart is burning! Nevermore to sigh, nevermore to die-- For that day my heart is yearning Chorus: I'll exchange my cross for a starry crown, Where the gates swing outward never; At His feet I'll lay ev'ry burden down, And with Jesus reign forever.
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