1 Ask for the old paths, by the prophets trod;
Ask for the old paths, leading up to God;
If you are trav'ling in a pathway new,
'Tis not the Bible that's guiding you.

Chorus:
Ask for the old paths, walk in the old paths;
Christ and the prophets trod the way before:
Ask for the old paths, walk in the old paths,
Leading away to the better shore.

2 Christ and the prophets traveled hand in hand;
Heeding the Bible, we with them must stand;
But when we walk with custom for a guide,
How soon to error we turn aside! [Chorus]

3 Then, being honest, search, and you shall find
Christ by his teaching proves the law divine;
He by the prophets showed his gospel true;
So law and gospel we offer you. [Chorus]