I must needs go home by the way of the cross,
There's no other way but this;
I shall ne'er get sight of the Gates of Light,

If the way of the cross I miss.
Refrain:
The way of the cross leads home,

The way of the cross leads home;
It is sweet to know, as I onward go,
The way of the cross leads home.

I must needs go on in the blood-sprinkled way,
The path that the Savior trod,
If I ever climb to the heights sublime,

Where the soul is at home with God.
Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,
To walk in it nevermore;

For my Lord says, "Come," and I seek my home,
Where He waits at the open door.