The Way of the Cross Leads Home

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.

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.

Verse 3 Then I bid farewell
to the way of the world,
To walk in it nevermore;
For my Lord says, “Come,”
and I seek my home,
Where He waits at the open door.

Refrain 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.