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

Words: Jane Tay­lor (1783–1824).

Music: Ban­dung, ar­ranged by an un­known com­pos­er from Rom­berg, in the Ju­ve­nile Choir, ed­it­ed by Will­iam Nut­ting (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Jo­seph Whe­tham, 1840), page 35 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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If you know the com­pos­er’s full name, or where to get a good pic­ture of him or Tay­lor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

There is a glo­ri­ous world of light
Above the star­ry sky,
Where saints de­part­ed, clothed in white,
Adore the Lord most high.

And hark! amid the sacr­ed songs
Those heaven­ly voic­es raise,
Ten thou­sand, thou­sand in­fant tongues
Unite and sing His praise.

These are the hymns that we shall know
If Je­sus we ob­ey;
That is the place where we shall go,
If found in wis­dom’s way.