Narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:14
Words: David H. King, in Songs of Sovereign Grace, by J. Lincoln Hall, William J. Kirkpatrick & Winfield Weeden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack, 1897), number 43.
Music: Winfield S. Weeden (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of King (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Weeden,
As I drift upon life’s billows,
Longing for the light of day;
I can almost hear from Heaven,
Loved ones singing, Come this way.
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Come this way, come this way,
Here is light, and joy, and peace;
Come this way, come this way,
And your sorrows all shall cease.
And methinks I hear my mother,
Calling from the other shore,
With a voice so sweet and tender,
Far above the billows’ roar:
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Hark! I hear the voice of Jesus,
Wafted from a heav’nly land;
I can almost see His glory,
And the beckoning of His hand.
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Oh! the bliss, the joy of meeting
Loved ones in that mighty throng;
Joining with them in their singing,
Of the everlasting song.
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