Jesus Christ the Lord
Opened up the way to glo­ry
When He died to save us
From our ru­ined state,
And He asks that we shall
Go tell the world the sto­ry,
How His blood will save them
From their aw­ful fate.

Refrain

Jesus op­ened up
The way to Hea­ven’s gate
When He died on the cross,
To re­deem all the lost;
He pre­pared the road that leads
To His abode,
’Tis a road marked by blood
But it leads us home to God.

And the way is marked by
The foot­prints of the Sav­ior,
With His blood he made it,
Made it plain and straight;
If you walk that way,
It will lead you into Hea­ven,
Lead you safe­ly in­to
Glory’s gold­en gate.

Refrain

Sinner, will you come
And join in this heav’n­ly jour­ney,
Walk the bloody path­way
That the Sav­ior trod?
Then when life is ov­er
And all the sheaves are garnered,
You will meet the Sav­ior
And be not afraid.

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