171. The Way of the Cross Leads Home

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.

   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.

2. I must needs go on in the blood-sprinkled way,

   The path that the Saviour trod,

   If I ever climb to the heights sublime,

   Where the soul is at home with God.

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.