I am on the road that leads to glory

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In the paths of sin and darkness

Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Tune: [In the paths of sin and darkness]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 In the paths of sin and darkness I no longer roam,
This vile world has no delights for me;
I have joined the band of pilgrims who are traveling Home,
I am on the road that leads to glory.

Refrain:
I am on the road, I am on the road,
I am on the road that leads to glory!
Soon I’ll see the pearly gates,
Where my Lord and Saviour waits,
For I’m on the road that leads to glory!

2 Tho’ the path may oft grow narrow He will lead me; through,
For He’s Life and Light each day to me;
I will tread the way with Jesus’ own despised few,
For I’m on the road that leads to glory. [Refrain]

3 Just beyond me lies that Glorious City, guilt four-square,
And the Home He has prepared for me;
When I reach my journey’s end, I’ll find Him waiting there,
For I’m on the road that leads to glory. [Refrain]

Source: The Tabernacle Hymns #180

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Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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