The Way of the Cross Leads Home

Hymn lyrics by Jess­ie B. Pounds,
Music by Charles H. Gab­ri­el

Verse 1

I must needs go home by the way of the cross,

There’s no other way but this;

I shall ne’er get sight

Of the gates of light,

If the way of the cross I miss.

Chorus

The way of the cross leads home,

The way of the cross leads home,

It is sweet to know

As I onward go,

The way of the cross leads home.

Verse 2

I must needs go on in the blood sprinkled way,

The path that the Savior trod,

If I ever climb

To the heights sublime,

Where the soul is at home with God.

Chorus

Verse 3

Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,

To walk in it never more;

For the Lord says, “Come,”

And I seek my home,

Where He waits at the open door.

Chorus