Hymn
The Way of the Cross Leads Home
I must needs go home by the way of the cross,
There's no other way but this;
I shall ne'er get sight of the Gates of Light,
If the way of the cross I miss.
The way of the cross leads home, (leads home,)
The way of the cross leads home; (leads home;)
It is sweet to know as I onward go,
The way of the cross leads home.
I must needs go on in the blood-sprinkled way,
The path that the Savior trod,
If I ever climb to the heights sublime,
Where the soul is at home with God.
Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,
To walk in it never more;
For my Lord says "Come," and I seek my home,
Where He waits at the open door.
The Way of the Cross Leads Home — Text from The New Praiseworthy, 1916. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-way-of-the-cross-leads-home
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Way of the Cross Leads Home?
The words of The Way of the Cross Leads Home were written by Jessie Brown Pounds; the version here was published in 1916. The library also holds Anywhere With Jesus, another hymn by Jessie Brown Pounds.
Is The Way of the Cross Leads Home public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The New Praiseworthy, published in 1916. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Way of the Cross Leads Home?
The Way of the Cross Leads Home is in 11.7.10.8 with refrain.