HEAVENLY GATES, THEY'RE OPENED WIDE,
FOR ALL WHO COMES, CAN WALK INSIDE.
YOUR LOVED ONES STANDING,
TO MEET YOU THERE,
IN LONG WHITE ROBES,
EACH OF THEM WEAR.
THE BEAUTY WE SEE,
THAT'S ALL AROUND,
NO WHERE ELSE,
COULD THIS BEAUTY,
BE FOUND.
WALKING TOGETHER,
DOWN THE STREETS, OF GOLD,
AS YOU LISTEN, TO WONDERFUL,
STORIES BEING TOLD.
PASSING SOME MANSIONS,
HIGH UPON A HILL,
WITH LOVE, THAT SURROUNDS YOU,
THAT YOU CAN REALLY FEEL.
THE LOVE, THE WARMTH,
AND GLOW, UPON YOUR FACE,
THESE WONDERFUL THINGS,
NOT EVEN TIME, CAN ERASE.
IN THE CENTER OF HEAVEN,
A THRONE, IT DOES STAND,
SO MANY SURROUNDS IT,
LIKE SMALL, GRAINS OF SAND.
A CHOIR, OF HEAVENLY ANGELS,
WITH VOICES NEVER HEARD,
THE MUSIC, SOARS AROUND YOU,
AS IF, IT WERE A BIRD.
GOD'S PRESENCE, GROWS WITHIN YOU,
HIS LOVE, YOU CAN REALLY FEEL,
AS YOU WALK, WITHIN HIS PRESENCE,
UPON YOUR KNEES, YOU KNEEL.