Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:14
Words: Anonymous, in The Salvation Soldier’s Song Book (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George S. Railton, 1880).
Music: Indiana, arranged from Henry S. Thompson’s 1857 Annie Lisle (🔊 pdf nwc).
Sinners, whither will you wander?
Whither will you stray?
O remember life is slender,
’Tis but a short day.
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Death is coming, coming, coming,
And the judgment day;
Hasten, sinner, hasten, sinner,
Seek the narrow way.
Satan has resolved to have you
For his lawful prey;
Jesus Christ has died to save you,
Haste, O haste away.
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Listen to the invitation,
Whilst He’s crying, Come!
If you miss the great salvation,
Hell will be your doom.
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Would you ’scape the awful sentence?
From destruction flee.
Seek the Lord by true repentance,
Haste to Calvary.
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