Wherefore thy gates shall open stand,
By day and night immensely wide,
T’ admit the crouds from every land,
The Gentile world’s in-flowing tide:
The nations shall in Christ believe,
Their kings thy willing converts be,
And brought within thy walls, receive
Their highest dignity from thee.
Wherefore thy gates shall open stand
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually, &c.”—[Isa.] lx. 11. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 455.
Publishing: Public Domain