I Am the Way by J. C. Clements

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 27, 1875

I Am the Way.

By J. C. Clements

Thou weary child, oppressed by doubt, Thy bark in darkness driven about, I pity thee. I am the Way, the Life, the Light, My presence can dispel thy night, O turn to me.

Have sin’s foul fetters bound thee long? And do these fetters grow more strong From day to day? From the dark bondage of thy guilt Thou may’st have freedom if thou wilt; I am the Way.

Though dark as night thy guilt hath been, Though far thy feet in paths of sin Have gone astray, By blood thou may’st be purified, For this was I once crucified; I am the Way.

Dost think to wait till thou hast grown Purer by effort of thine own? Oh, vain delay! Thou wilt be vile till cleansed by me, My blood alone avails for thee; I am the Way.

If dearest friends thy course oppose, Or thou endurest the scoffs of foes, For all these pray, That they, instructed by the word, May look to me their risen Lord; For I’m the Way.

J. C. CLEMENTS.

Allegan, Mich.