Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THERE IS A PATHWAY, by ROBERT WOOD


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THERE IS A PATHWAY, by                    
First Line: There is a pathway glorious / to the angels' happy home
Last Line: When the jewell'd crown appears.
Subject(s): Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology


THERE is a pathway glorious
To the angels' happy home,
Where the thousands gone before us,
Are now waiting till we come.

Emanuel's love hath made it,
From the cross to yonder sky;
In his sorrows deep he laid it,
And the Father bringeth nigh.

Safely through the dreaded river,
I can trust the pierced hand,
(For his promise faileth never)
Till I reach the spotless Land.

All my griefs are clouds refreshing,
That dissolve in tearful showers;
And behind them comes the blessing
Of the sunlight and the flow'rs.

From the mountain top in glory,
I shall wonderingly survey,
All my life's unfinish'd story,
In the light of perfect day.

Every conflict won by daring
In the battlefields of years,
Will bring trophies worth the wearing,
When the jewell'd crown appears.





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