The Way of the Cross Leads Home
Words by Jessie Brown Pounds, 1861-1921
Music by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1856-1932
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Verse 1:
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I must needs go home by the way of the cross
C G
There's no other way but this
D G
I shall ne'er get sight of the gates of light
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If the way of the cross I miss
Refrain:
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The way of the cross leads home
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The way of the cross leads home
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It is sweet to know as I on – ward go
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The way of the cross leads home
Verse 2:
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I must needs go on in the blood sprinkled way
C G
The path that the Saviour trod
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If I ever climb to the heights sublime
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Where the soul is at home with God
[Refrain]
Verse 3:
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Then I bid farewell to the way of the world
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To walk in it never more
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For my Lord says come, and I seek my home
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Where He waits at the open door
[Refrain]
