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The Narrow Way.

    By William Cowper



    What thousands never knew the road!
    What thousands hate it when ‘tis known!
    None but the chosen tribes of God
    Will seek or choose it for their own.


    A thousand ways in ruin end,
    One, only, leads to joys on high;
    By that my willing steps ascend,
    Pleased with a journey to the sky.


    No more I ask, or hope to find,
    Delight or happiness below;
    Sorrow may well possess the mind
    That feeds where thorns and thistles grow.


    The joy that fades is not for me,
    I seek immortal joys above;
    There glory without end shall be
    The bright reward of faith and love.


    Cleave to the world, ye sordid worms,
    Contented lick your native dust,
    But God shall fight with all his storms
    Against the idol of your trust.



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