Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Strait is the way the door is strait
Topic: Awakening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 21
Page Number: 025, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsStraight is the way, the door is strait,
That leads to joys on high;
Tis but a few that find the gate,
While crowds mistake and die.
Beloved self must be denied,
The mind and will renewed,
Passions suppressed and patience tried,
And vain desires subdued.
Flesh is a dangerous foe to grace,
Where it prevails and rules:
Flesh must be humbled, pride abased,
Lest they destroy our souls.
The love of Gold be banished hence,
That vile idolatry,
And every member, every sense,
In sweet subjection lie.
The tongue, that most unruly pow'r
Requires a strong restraint:
We must be watchful ev'ry hour,
And pray, but never faint.