Jesus Opened Up the Way

Jesus Christ the Lord

Opened up the way to glo­ry

When He died to save us

From our ru­ined state

And He asks that we shall

Go tell the world the sto­ry

How His blood will save them

From their aw­ful fate.

Jesus op­ened up

The way to Heav­en’s gate

When He died on the cross

To re­deem all the lost;

He pre­pared the road that leads

To His abode

’Tis a road marked by blood

But it leads us home to God.

And the way is marked by

The foot­prints of the Sav­ior

With His blood he made it

Made it plain and straight;

If you walk that way

It will lead you into Heav­en

Lead you safe­ly in­to

Glory’s gold­en gate.

Sinner

will you come

And join in this heav’n­ly jour­ney

Walk the bloody path­way

That the Sav­ior trod?

Then when life is ov­er

And all the sheaves are garnered

You will meet the Sav­ior

And be not afraid.