Turned Away From The Beautiful Gate
- Words:
- D. E. Dortch
- Music:
- D. E. Dortch
Sheet music
- 1Someone will knock at the saints, bright home,And hear the Lord saying, “You cannot come;“With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.
- 2Someone will hear the angels’ song,And wish he could join with the happy throng;With sighing he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state;Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.
- 3Someone will stand with an aching heart,While Jesus pronounces the word, “depart;”With groanings he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state;Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.
- 4Someone will linger with tearful eyes,While Christ and His people ascend the skies;With weeping he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state;Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.
- 5Someone will go into darkness drear,Far off from the Savior and all that’s dear;With anguish he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state;Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.
- 6Someone will enter the door of hell,And hear the sad wailing no tongue can tell;With horror he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state;Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)Turn’d away from the beautiful gate, (beautiful gate,)With sadness he’ll mourn o’er his sorrowful state; Turn’d away from the beautiful gate.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 68 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.