Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:13–14
Words: C. C. Munson, 1916.
Music: Haldor Lillenas (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hymnals show the composer as Richard Hainsworth, one of Lillenas’ pseudonyms.
If you know Munson’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There’s a trail that so many follow,
It is broad and with world pleasure lined;
But its ending is sorrow and darkness,
And its portals are easy to find.
Refrain
Are you on the right trail, my brother?
Are you bound for the land of delight?
Is the Savior your guide and your helper?
He will lead to the mansions of light.
There’s a trail that leads up to glory,
’Tis the straight and the narrow way;
It will lead you beside the still waters,
To the home of an unending day.
Refrain
On the trail that Jesus has blazoned,
None of Heaven can ever fail;
He will lead to the mansions now waiting,
At the end of the bright glory trail.
Refrain