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: John Dobell, 1806.
Music: Sawley James Walch, 1860 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Dobell or Walch (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Sinners, behold that downward road
Which leads to endless woe;
What multitudes of thoughtless souls,
The road to ruin go!
But yonder see that narrow way,
Which leads to endless bliss;
There see a happy, chosen few,
Redeemed by sovereign grace.
They from destruction’s city came,
To Zion upward tend:
The Bible is their precious guide,
And God Himself their friend.
Lord, I would now a pilgrim be,
Guide Thou my feet aright;
I would not for ten thousand worlds
Be banished from Thy sight.