It Leads By the Cross

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The way of salvation must lead by the cross

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck
Tune: [The way of salvation must lead by the cross]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 The way of salvation must lead by the cross,
And lead you to infinite love,
Whatever it bring you of trial and loss,
‘Twill lead you to glory above.

Refrain:
It leads by the cross, it leads by the cross,
The way to the city of gold,
The way of salvation will lead by the cross,
And bring you to gladness untold.

2 The way of salvation must lead by the cross,
And show you the Savior who died
To give you a right to the mercy of God,
And give you all heaven beside. [Refrain]

3 The way of salvation must lead by the cross,
O will you not travel therein?
O will you not ask that dear Savior today
To save you from sorrow and sin? [Refrain]

Source: Gospel Herald in Song #79

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Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersy, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck. Go to person page >

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First Line:	The way of salvation must lead by the cross
Title:	It Leads By the Cross
Author:	Mrs. Frank A. Breck
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	It leads by the cross, it leads by the cross
Copyright:	Public Domain