I set before you today a blessing and a curse.
Deuteronomy 11:26
Words & Music: Ella P. Martin, in The Gospel Hymn Book, by Daniel B. Towner (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz Publishing, 1903), number 134 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Martin (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There’s a gentle voice that’s pleading
With you, brother,
You have heard it at the morning,
Night and noon;
And it speaks to you today,
As in paths of sin you stray;
Are you going on to glory or to gloom?
Refrain
Going on to glory or to gloom?
On to endless joy or endless doom?
Brother, hear the voice of God
As He speaks to you in love,
Are you going on to glory or to gloom?
’Tis a question you must answer,
O my brother,
For the judgment day is coming,
Sure and soon;
You are standing here today,
At the parting of the way;
Are you going on to glory or to gloom?
Refrain
You are choosing in this solemn hour,
My brother,
And your choice may fix your soul’s
Eternal doom;
Jesus waits for you today,
Pointing t’ward the narrow way;
Are you going on to glory or to gloom?
Refrain