The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#596

596. What poor, despised company

1 What poor, despised company
Of travelers are these,
Who walk in yonder narrow way,
Along the rugged maze?
Along the rugged maze?

2 Ah! these are of a royal line,
All children of a King,
Heirs of immortal crowns divine;
And lo! for joy they sing.

3 Why do they, then, appear so mean,
And why so much despised?
Because of their rich robes unseen
The world is not apprised.

4 But why keep they that narrow road
That rugged, thorny maze?
Why, that's the way their Leader trod,
They love and keep his ways.

5 Why do they shun the pleasing path
That worldings love so well?
Because that is the road to death,
The open road to hell.

6 What! is there then no other road
To Salem's happy ground?
Christ is the only way to God,
No other can be found.

Text Information

• First Line: What poor, despised company
• Author: Anon.
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Warfare and Pilgrimage
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: NEWELL
• Composer: Unknown
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #395, 724, or 446.