Open Wide the Gates ARNSTADT—Adam Drese, 1620-1701 Open Wide the Gates 1 Let ev’ry gate be opened wide, The King of glory to invite With grace and truth abounding! He that from sin has turned his face Awoke from deathly sleep by grace In light is now abiding. Hear Him, See Him, fighting glorious And victorious; Night is lifted, All with light and gladness gifted. 2 Around Him sings the mighty throng Which suffered in their fetters long, In freedom now rejoicing. Once they were bound, but