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Text:Broad is the road
Tune:WINDHAM
Composer:Daniel Read

107. Broad is the road

1 Broad is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there,
But wisdom shows a narrow path,
With here and there a traveler.

2 "Deny thyself and take thy cross,"
Is the Redeemer's great command;
Nature must count her gold but dross,
If she would gain that heavenly land.

3 The fearful soul that tires and faints,
And walks the ways of God no more,
Is but esteemed almost a saint,
And makes his own destruction sure.

4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain,
Create my heart entirely new--
Which hypocrites could ne'er attain,
Which false apostates never knew.

Text Information
First Line: Broad is the road that leads to death
Title: Broad is the road
Publication Date: 1877
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: WINDHAM
Composer: Daniel Read
Key: e minor or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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