Across the will of nature
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7.6.7.6. 1 Across the will of nature Leads on the path of God; Not where the flesh delighteth The feet of Jesus trod. 2 If now the path be narrow And steep and rough and lone, If crags and tangles cross it, Praise God! we will go on. 3 O bliss to leave behind us The fetters of the slave, To leave ourselves behind us, The grave-clothes and the grave! 4 To speed, unburdened pilgrims, Glad, empty-handed, free; To cross the trackless deserts, And walk upon the sea; 5 Oh, dare and suffer all things! Yet but a stretch of road, Then wondrous words of welcome, And then- The Face to God! Tersteegen