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Text:To every man there openeth a way, and ways, and a way
Author:John Oxenham
Tune:DECISION
Composer:George Henry Day

232. To every man there openeth a way, and ways, and a way

To every man there openeth a way, and ways, and a way,
And the high soul climbs the high way,
And the low soul gropes the low.
And in between, on the misty flats, the rest drift to and fro.
But to every man there openeth a high way and a low;
And every man decideth the way his soul shall go.

Text Information
First Line: To every man there openeth a way, and ways, and a way
Author: John Oxenham
Language: English
Publication Date: 1930
Source: From 'Bees in Amber.'
Copyright: From 'Bees in Amber.' Copyright [1913] by The American Tract Society. Used by permission
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: DECISION
Composer: George Henry Day
Copyright: Music copyright by The Century Co.
Notes: Public Domain.



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