====== #8 - Sweeping Through The Gates ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *Philip Phillips (1834-1895), 1874(([[:refs#World Manufacturing Co. brochure]]))
  *Also known as:
    *I Am Sweeping Through The Gates
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
I am now a child of God\\
For I'm washed in Jesus' blood;\\
I am watching and I'm longing while I wait.\\
Soon on wings of love to fly,\\
To my home beyond the sky,\\
To my welcome, as I'm sweeping thro' the gates.\\
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In the blood of yonder Lamb,\\
Washed from every stain I am\\
Robed in whitenes, clad in brightness,\\
I am sweeping through the gates.\\
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Oh! the blessed Lord of light,\\
I hare loved Him with my might:\\
Now His arms enfold, and comfort while I wait.\\
I am leaning on His breast,\\
Oh! the sweetness of His rest,\\
And I'm thinking of my sweeping thro' the gates.\\
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I am sweeping towards the gate,\\
Where the blessed for me wait:\\
Where the weary workers rest for ever more.\\
Where the strife of earth is done,\\
And the crown of life is won,\\
Oh! I'm thinking of the city while I soar.\\
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Burst are all my prison bars\\
And I soar beyond the stars,\\
To my  Father's house, the bright and blest estate.\\
Lo! the morn eternal breaks,\\
And the song immortal wakes,\\
Robed in whiteness, I am sweeping through the gates.\\
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    *John Parker