Strait is the way, the door is strait

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Strait is the way, the door is strait

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: TWENTY-FOURTH
Published in 118 hymnals

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1 Strait is the way, the door is strait,
That leads to joys on high;
'Tis but a few that find the gate,
While thousands pass it by.

2 Beloved self must be denied,
The mind and will renewed,
Passion suppressed, and patience tried,
And vain desires subdued.

3 Lord! can a feeble, helpless worm
Fulfill a task so hard?
Thy grace must all my work perform,
And give the free reward.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #372

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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