Hymns of the Comforter ‎#14

14. It Is Worth All It Costs to Be Holy

1 So straight is the gate and so narrow
The way to eternal day,
And few are the pilgrims who find it,
Too great is the price they must pay.

Refrain:
But it’s worth all it costs to be holy,
It is worth all it costs to be true;
God’s blessing and honor shall crown thee
With power thy life to endue.

2 Salvation is free, yet to gain it
The soul must leave all things behind;
Deny self and follow the Savior,
The way straight and narrow to find. [Refrain]

3 How rugged the path, yet God’s glory
Attendeth each soul on that way;
And brighter and brighter it shineth,
Revealing a glad, perfect day. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: So straight is the gate and so narrow
• Title: It Is Worth All It Costs to Be Holy
• Author: F. R. M.
• Refrain First Line: But it’s worth all it costs to be holy
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1938
• Copyright: © 1937, by Nazarene Publishing House
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [So straight is the gate and so narrow]
• Composer: Rhea F. Miller
• Copyright: 1937, by Nazarene Publishing House