The Hartford Selection of Hymns ‎#CCXXXIX

CCXXXIX. Are there few that shall be saved?

1 Destruction's dangerous road
What multitudes pursue!
While that which leads the soul to God,
Is know or sought by few.

2 Believes find the way
Thro' Christ the living gate;
But those who hate this holy way
Complain it is too strait.

3 If self must be deny'd,
And sin no more caress'd,
They rather choose the way that's wide,
And strive to think it best.

4 Encompass'd by a throng,
On numbers they depend;
They say so many can't be wrong,
And miss a happy end.

5 But hear the Saviour's word,
"Strive for the heavn'ly gate,
many will call upon the Lord,
And find their crys too late."

6 Obey the gospel call
And enter while you may;
The flock of Christ is always small,
And none are safe but they.

7 Lord, open sinners' eyes,
Their awful state to see;
And make them, ere the storm arise,
To thee for safety flee.

Text Information

• First Line: Destruction's dangerous road
• Title: Are there few that shall be saved?
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1799
• Scripture:
  Luke 13:23
• Topic: Salvation: Danger of missing

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