Hymn/Song Information

There are many paths through this world

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.

There is just one way
to the pearly gate,
To the crown of life
and the friends who wait;
’Tis the old Cross Road,
or the way called “Straight”—
There is just one way
to the pearly gate.

There are some who sneer
at the old Cross Road,
At the pearly gate
and the soul’s abode;
Yet I mind them not,
but, with happy song
And assurance sweet,
still I press along.

There is just one way
to the pearly gate,
To the crown of life
and the friends who wait;
’Tis the old Cross Road,
or the way called “Straight”—
There is just one way
to the pearly gate.

Others risk their souls
on some new-made way,
Thinking they will come
to the gate some day;
Oh, may they find out,
ere their lives are done,
That the old Cross Road
is the only one.

There is just one way
to the pearly gate,
To the crown of life
and the friends who wait;
’Tis the old Cross Road,
or the way called “Straight”—
There is just one way
to the pearly gate.