Ask for the old path, God will make it plain

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Ask for the old path, God will make it plain

Author: Fanny Crosby (1873)
Tune: [Ask for the old path; God will make it plain]
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Ask for the old path; God will make it plain;
Jesus will lead us there;
They who would find it never seek in vain;
He will lead us there.

Refrain:
When the valley safely we have passed,
God will gather us home at last;
Home in the old path gladly we will go;
He will lead us there.

2 Knock at the portal, narrow though it be;
Pray that we enter in;
Faith is the password, prayer the blessèd key;
Strive to enter in. [Refrain]

3 Walk in the old path; never turn aside;
Climb we the rugged hill;
Why should we falter? see our faithful Guide
Leading onward still. [Refrain]

4 Keep in the old path, ever to the right;
Lo! ’tis the King’s highway;
Soon will the shadows vanish from our sight,
Lost in perfect day. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16707

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Author: Fanny Crosby

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First Line:	Ask for the old path, God will make it plain
Author:	Fanny Crosby (1873)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	When the valley safely we have passed
Copyright:	Public Domain