To the portals of celestial day.
Wide spreads the news, all Heaven rings,
Angels and ransomed spirits wave their wings,
All lowly bending to the King of kings;
Mingling their loftiest harmonies,
Their sweetest, softest melodies,
High Heaven’s eternal Minstrelsies,
With harp and voice and choral symphonies,
Loud as the sounding of ten thousand seas!
They shout him welcome to his heavenly Home: