Why do you lin­ger, why do you stay
In the broad road, that most dan­ger­ous way?
While right be­fore you, nar­row and strait,
Is the bright path­way to Heav’n’s pear­ly gate?

Refrain

Narrow and strait, nar­row and strait,
Is the bright path­way to Heav’n’s pear­ly gate.

Do you find plea­sures, last­ing and pure,
In the gay scenes that the thought­less al­lure?
While your Re­deem­er, with love so great,
Points to the way that is nar­row and strait?

Refrain

Come, then, be­lov­èd, no long­er stay;
Leave the broad high­way, O leave it to­day;
Make your de­ci­sion, O, do not wait;
Take thou the path­way so nar­row and strait.

Refrain