"This Road" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay

Jars of Clay

Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...

 that appears on the compilation album City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise

City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise

City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise is the first in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular CCM musicians...

that was released in 2000 through Essential Records

Essential Records (Christian)

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. The song was also featured on the bonus CD that was packaged with the Brother Andrew

Brother Andrew

Andrew van der Bijl , known in English-speaking countries as Brother Andrew, is a Christian missionary famous for his exploits smuggling Bibles to communist countries in the height of the Cold War, a feat that has earned him the nickname "God's smuggler"...

-penned book entitled The Narrow Road : Stories of Those Who Walk This Road Together. A live version of "This Road" appears on disc two of the 2003 double album

Double album

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, Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage

Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage

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This song also uses a melody from the hymn For the Beauty of the Earth

For the Beauty of the Earth

"For the Beauty of the Earth" is a Christian hymn by Folliott S. Pierpoint .Pierpoint was 29 at the time he wrote this hymn; he was mesmerised by the beauty of the countryside that surrounded him...

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Track listing

1. "This Road" - 5:08 (Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark)

Performance credits

• Dan Haseltine - vocals
• Charlie Lowell - accordion, background vocals
• Stephen Mason - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Matt Odmark - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Steve Hindalong - percussion
• Aaron Sands - bass
• Jacob Lawson - violin