Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: A pilgrim thro' this lonely world
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Edmeston
Hymn Number: 100
Page Number: 040, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA pilgrim thro' this lonely world
The blessed Savior passed;
A mourner all his life was he,
A dying Lamb at last.
That tender heart which felt for all,
For us its life-blood gave;
It found on earth no resting-place,
Save only in the grave!
Such was our Lord: and shall we fear
The cross with all its scorn?
Or love a faithless, evil world,
That wreathed his brow with thorn?
No; facing all its frowns or smiles,
Like him, obedient still,
We homeward press, through storm or calm,
To Zion's blessed hill.