The phrase "The road" resonates through 14 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The road
...When David danced before the Lord,
The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;...
When David danced before the Lord,
The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;
...When David danced before the Lord,
The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;...
When David danced before the Lord,
The ark was coming up the road;
His wife despised him in her heart;
...On this lone path I tread.
I know the road that’s mine—
The pilgrim’s footprints that I see,...
On this lone path I tread.
I know the road that’s mine—
The pilgrim’s footprints that I see,
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Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by,...
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Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by,
...When I come to the end,
The end of the road,
To the land of eternity,...
When I come to the end,
The end of the road,
To the land of eternity,
...That worldlings love so well?
Because that is the road to death,
The open road to hell....
That worldlings love so well?
Because that is the road to death,
The open road to hell.
...It leadeth away from thy God;
Come and walk in the road that is narrow,
It ends in the city of God....
It leadeth away from thy God;
Come and walk in the road that is narrow,
It ends in the city of God.
...With joy I will follow today,
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way,...
With joy I will follow today,
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way,
...With joy I will follow today,
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way,...
With joy I will follow today,
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way,
...For had not God told him, that royal abode
Awaited His pilgrims on ending the road.
He looked for a city; if sometimes he sighed...
For had not God told him, that royal abode
Awaited His pilgrims on ending the road.
He looked for a city; if sometimes he sighed
...What multitudes of thoughtless souls,
The road to ruin go!
But yonder see that narrow way,...
What multitudes of thoughtless souls,
The road to ruin go!
But yonder see that narrow way,
...Keep me safely while I roam
In the road that leads me home;
If the road be rough and steep,...
Keep me safely while I roam
In the road that leads me home;
If the road be rough and steep,
...Through jungles, sluggish seas, and mountain pass,
Build now the road, and falter not, nor stay;
Prepare across the earth the King’s highway....
Through jungles, sluggish seas, and mountain pass,
Build now the road, and falter not, nor stay;
Prepare across the earth the King’s highway.
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Whate’er the road which I must tread,
Whate’er my lot may be,...
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Whate’er the road which I must tread,
Whate’er my lot may be,
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