Scripture Verse

Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:14

Introduction

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John M. Aiton (1867–1939)

Words: Ma­ry M. Ken­ne­dy, in the Song Crown, by Aus­tin Tay­lor et al. (Aus­tin, Tex­as: Firm Foun­da­tion Pub­lish­ing, 1912), num­ber 69.

Music: Vi­on­ica John M. Ai­ton, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ken­ne­dy (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Ai­ton,

Lyrics

In which road do you tra­vel, my bro­ther?
Which one I would like to know;
Is it in the bright path­way to glo­ry,
Or in the one lead­ing be­low?

Refrain

Do not walk in the wide road, tho’ plea­sant,
It lead­eth away from thy God;
Come and walk in the road that is nar­row,
It ends in the ci­ty of God.

There are on­ly two roads, my dear bro­ther;
In one of them you must now be;
Are you liv­ing in sin and its plea­sure,
Or have you from sin been made free?

Refrain

Do not rest till you an­swer this quest­ion,
Which way do I tra­vel along?
Do I walk with the few up to glo­ry,
Or on the broad way with the throng?

Refrain

Come, O come to the dear Friend of sin­ners,
To Je­sus, the Door and the Way;
He now lov­ing­ly of­fers sal­va­tion,
He’s wait­ing to save you to­day.

Refrain