"thorny road" appears in 8 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
thorny road
...Sustain us in the gloomy hour,
And guide us through the thorny road;
Exert for us Thy mighty power:...
Sustain us in the gloomy hour,
And guide us through the thorny road;
Exert for us Thy mighty power:
...And put a cheerful courage on.
True, ’tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;...
And put a cheerful courage on.
True, ’tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;
...To wake Thy sympathy.
Thou, who hast trod the thorny road,
Wilt share each small distress;...
To wake Thy sympathy.
Thou, who hast trod the thorny road,
Wilt share each small distress;
...Jesus will be with us all the way;
Tho’ a rough, thorny road,
It will lead us unto God,...
Jesus will be with us all the way;
Tho’ a rough, thorny road,
It will lead us unto God,
...The buds of promise ope,
And blossom o’er life’s thorny road,
To cheer the Christian’s hope!...
The buds of promise ope,
And blossom o’er life’s thorny road,
To cheer the Christian’s hope!
...Or when they seek themselves to please,
Decline each thorny road,
Indulge their sloth, consult their ease,...
Or when they seek themselves to please,
Decline each thorny road,
Indulge their sloth, consult their ease,
...Look by faith and see the blood
Sprinkled on the thorny road;
See, My child, each step I trod...
Look by faith and see the blood
Sprinkled on the thorny road;
See, My child, each step I trod
...This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill...
This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
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