Narrow is the way which leadeth unto life.
Matthew 7:14
Words: James Rowe, in Truth and Hope No. 2, edited by George W. Bacon (Hudson, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1920).
Music: Lennard B. Register (🔊 pdf nwc).
This song has been covered by Porter Wagoner, the Blackwood Brothers, and Ralph Stanley, among others.
If you know where to get a good photo of Register (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), would you ?
I’ve heard of a land of joy and peace
And wonderful light;
A beautiful place of mansions fair
And skies ever bright;
Where all who believe the Savior dear,
Forever shall stay,
And having been saved by grace divine,
I’m going that way.
Refrain
I’m going that way, I’m going that way;
And Jesus the Savior I adore
Is with me each day;
I’m clinging to Him, and never to stray,
Yes, singing His praises all day long,
I’m going that way.
The glorious news I tell and sing,
As onward I go;
That those who are still astray in sin
My Savior may know;
I want them to sing His praise above,
Some beautiful day,
For glory to Him who died for me,
I’m going that way.
Refrain
I know I shall meet Him at the gate,
When trials are past,
I know I shall meet Him face to face
In glory at last;
And, oh, I believe that when we meet
Well done
He will say,
For trusting His soul redeeming love,
I’m going that way.
Refrain