Destruction’s Dangerous Road

Destruction’s dan­ger­ous road

What mul­ti­tudes pur­sue!

While that which leads the soul to God

Is known or sought by few.

Believers en­ter in

By Christ

the liv­ing gate;

But they who will not leave their sin

Complain it is too strait.

If self must be de­nied

And sin for­sak­en quite;

They ra­ther choose the way that’s wide

And strive to think it right.

Encompassed by a throng

On num­bers they de­pend;

So many sure­ly can’t be wrong

And miss a hap­py end.

But num­bers are no mark

That men will right be found;

A few were saved in No­ah’s ark

For ma­ny mill­ions drowned.

Obey the Gos­pel call

And en­ter while you may;

The flock of Christ is al­ways small

And none are safe but they.

Lord

op­en sin­ners’ eyes

Their aw­ful state to see

And make them

ere the storm arise

To Thee for safe­ty flee.