Ask for the Old Paths
Ask for the old paths, by the prophets trod;
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Ask for the old paths, by the prophets trod;Ask for the old paths, leading up to God;If you are trav'ling in a pathway new,'Tis not the Bible that's guiding you.
Chorus.
Ask for the old paths, walk in the old paths;Christ and the prophets trod the way before:Ask for the old paths, walk in the old paths,Leading away to the better shore.
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Christ and the prophets traveled hand in hand;Heeding the Bible, we with them must stand;But when we walk with custom for a guide,How soon to error we turn aside!
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Then, being honest, search, and you shall findChrist by his teaching proves the law divine;He by the prophets showed his gospel true;So law and gospel we offer you.