A highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,*
but it shall be for God’s people;*
no traveller, not even fools, shall go astray.
No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 24:8-10
The King’s Highway Hymn
Lyrics written by Evelyn Atwater Cummins
I know not where the road will lead; I follow day by day,
Or where it ends: I only know I walk the King’s highway.
I know not if the way is long, And no one else can say;
But rough or smooth, up hill or down, I walk the King’s highway.
And some I love have reached the end, But some with me may stay,
Their faith and hope still guiding me: I walk the King’s highway.
The way is truth, the way is love, For light and strength I pray,
And through the years of life, to God, I walk the King’s highway.
The countless hosts lead on before, I must not fear nor stray;
With them, the pilgrims of the faith, I walk the King’s highway.
Through light and dark the road leads on Till dawns the endless day,
When I shall know why in this life I walk the King’s highway.
Guide us, O God, on your highway. Amen.