Yet in the shadow of sin ;
How many are coming and going !-----
How few there are entering in I
How few there are entering in I
How few there are entering in !
How many are coming and going!------
How few there are entering in!
2 Not far, not far from the Kingdom,
Where voices whisper and wait;
Too timid to enter in boldly,
So linger still outside the gate.
3 Away in the dark and the danger
Far out in the night and the cold ;
There Jesus is waiting to lead you
So tenderly into His fold.
4 Not far, not far from the Kingdom,
'Tis only a little space;
But oh, you may still be for ever
Shut out from yon heavenly place !