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Text:Not Far from the Kingdom
Tune:[Not far, not far from the Kingdom]
Composer:Ira D. Sankey

33. Not Far from the Kingdom

1 Not far, not far from the Kingdom,
Yet in the shadow of sin;
How many are coming and going!—
How few there are entering in!

Refrain:
How few there are entering in!
How few there are entering in!
How many are coming and going!—
How few there are entering in!

2 Not far, not far from the Kingdom,
Where voices whisper and wait;
Too timid to enter in boldly,
So linger still outside the gate. [Refrain]

3 Away in the dark and the danger,
Far out in the night and the cold;
There Jesus is waiting to lead you
So tenderly into His fold. [Refrain]

4 Not far, not far from the Kingdom,
‘Tis only a little space;
But oh, you may still be for ever
Shut out from yon heavenly place! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Not far, not far from the Kingdom
Title: Not Far from the Kingdom
Refrain First Line: How few there are entering in!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1887
Scripture:
Source: Words arr.
Tune Information
Name: [Not far, not far from the Kingdom]
Composer: Ira D. Sankey



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