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[There are many paths through this world of sin]

[There are many paths through this world of sin]

Composer: James D. Vaughan (1920)
Published in 17 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: James D. Vaughan

Vaughan, James D(avid); b. Dec. 14, 1864, between Lawrence Co. and Giles Co., TN; d. Feb. 9, 1941, Lawrenceburg, TN; music publisher, composer and compiler of gospel songs in shape notation Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [There are many paths through this world of sin]
Composer: James D. Vaughan (1920)
Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
Incipit: 12353 11165 12353
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Just One Way to the Gate

There are many paths through this world of sin,
But there’s only one I shall travel in;
’Tis the old Cross Road, or the way called “Straight”—
There is just one way to the pearly gate.

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