Laudes Domini ‎#429

429. "Behold the way!"

1 Jesus, my All, to heaven is gone,
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I’ll pursue
The narrow way till him I view.

2 The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment,
The King’s highway of holiness,
I’ll go for all his paths are peace.

3 This is the way I long have sought,
And mourned because I found it not;
My grief, my burden, long had been
Because I could not cease from sin.

4 The more I strove against its power,
I sinned and stumbled but the more;
Till late I heard my Saviour say,
"Come hither, soul, I am the Way!"

5 Lo! glad I come; and thou, dear Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee as I am,
Nothing but sin I thee can give;
Nothing but love shall I receive.

6 Then will I tell, to sinners round,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I’ll point to thy redeeming blood,
And say, “Behold the way to God!”

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, my All, to heaven is gone
• Title: "Behold the way!"
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Christ: Ascension of; Christ: Resurrection of; Christ: Way, Truth, and Life; Praise: To Christ
• Notes: Public Domain

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