The Way of the Cross Leads Home Words by Jessie Brown Pounds, 1861-1921 Music by Charles H. Gabriel, 1856-1932 A:x02220 A7:x02020 Am:x02210 C:x32010 D:xx0232 D7:xx0212 G:320003 G/B:x20003 G/D:xx0003 Verse 1:

I must ne^Geds go home by the way of the cross There's ^Cno other way but t^Ghis I shall ne^D'er get sight of the ga^Gtes of light If the w^Aay of the c^A7ross I m^Diss ^D7

Refrain:

The w^Gay of the cross leads home The w^Gay of the cross leads home It is sw^Ceet to k^Amnow as I ^G/Bon –^C war^G/Dd go ^CThe w^Gay of the cr^Doss l^D7eads h^Gome

Verse 2: I must needs go on in the blood sprinkled way The path that the Saviour 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 never more For my Lord says come and I seek my home Where He waits at the open door

Hymnal - The way of the cross leads home