Just One Way To The Gate

Words:
James Rowe
Music:
James D. Vaughan

Sheet music

  1. 1There are many paths(There are many paths) thru this world of sin,(thru this world of sin,)But there's only one(But there's only one)I shall travel in;(I shall travel in;)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)
  2. 2'Tis the old Cross Road,('Tis the old Cross Road,) or the way called “Straight,”(or the way called “Straight,”)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate.(to the pearly gate.)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)
  3. 3‘Tis the old Cross Road,(‘Tis the old Cross Road,) or the way called “Straight,”(or the way called “Straight,”)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate.(to the pearly gate.)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)
  4. 4There are some who sneer(There are some who sneer) at the old Cross Road,(at the old Cross Road,)At the pearly gate,(At the pearly gate,) and the soul’s abode;(and the soul’s abode;)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)
  5. 5Yet I mind them not,(Yet I mind them not,) but, with happy song,(but, with happy song,)Of assurance sweet,(Of assurance sweet,)Still I press along.(Still I press along.)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)
  6. 6Others risk their souls(Others risk their souls) on some new-made way,(on some new-made way,)Thinking they will come(Thinking they will come) to the gate some day;(to the gate some day;)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)
  7. 7Oh, may they find out,(Oh, may they find out,)'ere their lives are done,('ere their lives are done,)That the old Cross Road(That the old Cross Road) is the only one.(is the only one.)There is just one way(There is just one way) to the pearly gate,(to the pearly gate,)To the crown of life(To the crown of life) and the friends who wait,(and the friends who wait,)

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1920, the words are in 21 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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