Hymn History
Theres Only One Way
Theres only one way that this lost world may know
That Jesus for sinners hath died;
To spread the glad tidings Hes bidden us go,
And no other way doth provide.
Hes counting on us, the story to tell
His scheme of redemption for man;
Hes counting on you, Hes counting on me,
The Master hath no other plan.
If Christs first disciples had silently gone,
And been to their great trust untrue,
Gods plan of salvation we could not have known,
His mercy for me and for you.
Tell others what Jesus hath done for your soul,
Of sins through His blood washed away;
And bid them on Him every burden to roll,
And taste His salvation today.
Dear Master, we hasten the story to tell,
And pass on the life giving Word;
And they must tell others, and they, others still,
Till all the glad message have heard.
Leila Naylor Morris
(1862-1929)
Leila Naylor, an Ohioan native was born in Pennsville, Ohio in 1862. As a child her family relocated and she grew up in McConnelsville, Ohio. When Leila was nineteen-years-old, she married Charles Morris. Leila was very active in the McConnelsville Methodist Church. She was involved in camp meetings, singing and song writing. She actually wrote more than 1,000 gospel songs.
When Leila was about fifty-one her eyes began to fail and her it was difficult for her to read. At this time her son built a 28-foot blackboard with oversized staff lines in her home so she could continue composing music. Leila died in 1929 at the age of sixty-seven in Auburn, New York at the home of her daughter. She is buried in McConnelsville, Ohio.
