Open Our Locked Gate                        

Old Eden’s gate is locked within our hearts,
And only You have key it will unlock
To enter and to us new life impart
And with Your key, Your Cross, temptation block.
For Devil wants no part of Your new life
In us which from Your empty tomb bequeathed
To all who turn from Devil’s dark to light,
As sin within our hearts we deeply grieve.
For grief is gift to us of Triune Love
When we from You have turned our hearts away,
And looked below and failed to look above
And miss the dawn You offer each new day.
But now dawn floods in us through open door,
And we know joy You give to spirits poor.