Pilgrim
1. I saw one weary, sad, and torn, With eager steps press on the way, Who long the hallowed cross had borne, Still looking for the promised day; While many lines of grief and care, Upon his brow, were furrowed there; I asked what buoyed his spirits up, “O this!” said he, “The blessed hope!” […]
1. I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger, I’m traveling through this world of woe; Yet there’s no sickness, toil nor danger, In that bright land to which I go. I’m going there to see my father, I’m going there no more to roam; I’m only going over Jordan, I’m only going over home. 2. I […]
1. I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night; Do not detain me, for I am going To where the fountains are ever flowing. Refrain I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night. 2. There the glory is ever […]
1. Be patient, be patient, no longer despairing, Look upward, be hopeful, encourage your heart; Tho’ bitter the cup that your soul has been sharing, Let thoughts of self pity now quickly depart. He will not tarry, and leave us here grieving, Soon He will come, all His children receiving. O wait now! the promise […]
