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Text:At the Beautiful Gate
Author:Rev. J. H. Martin
Tune:[I think I should mourn o’er my sorrowful fate]
Composer:R. M. McIntosh

17. At the Beautiful Gate

1 I think I should mourn o’er my sorrowful fate,
If sorrow in heaven can be,
If no one should be at the beautiful gate,
There waiting and watching for me.

Refrain:
Yes, waiting and watching for me,
Yes, waiting and watching for me;
May many of those at the beautiful gate,
Be waiting and watching for me.

2 How sadly I’d feel in the heavenly state,
If sadness in heaven can be,
If no one should be at the beautiful gate,
Conducted to glory by me. [Refrain]

3 O Lord, I beseech Thee for wisdom and grace,
In winning lost souls unto Thee,
That many may be in that beautiful place,
A crown of rejoicing to me. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: I think I should mourn o'er my sorrowful fate
Title: At the Beautiful Gate
Author: Rev. J. H. Martin
Refrain First Line: Yes, waiting and watching for me
Publication Date: 1894
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [I think I should mourn o’er my sorrowful fate]
Composer: R. M. McIntosh
Notes: Public Domain.



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