Happy indeed is he who goes

The Straight and Narrow Way,

And heedeth not the lure of those

Who from His precepts stray.

With joy observeth he the acts

The Master doth proclaim,

And, day or night, no fervor lacks

To bless His holy name.

And he shall be a fruitful tree

Deep-rooted in the Truth;

And not a leaf shall withered be

Nor fruitage cease, forsooth.

But those who follow not the Course

The Master hath decreed,

Shall shrivel and decay, perforce,

And barren be their seed.

It follows then, that those who sin

Must turn again to clay,

While righteous men are gathered in

On Resurrection Day.

For God rewards the Pure in Heart

And knoweth all their needs;

While those who from his ways depart

Shall be like broken reeds.