Took pity on the fallen traitor,
Prepared a narrow path of pardon
That led to heaven’s happy garden;
And, lest mankind prefer to sin,
Predestined some to walk therein.
But millions still in error languish,
Doomed to death and future anguish,
Who ne’er had heard of Adam’s sin,
Nor of the peril they are in;
Who know not of the way of pardon,