Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Here we are but straying pilgrims (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Here we are but straying pilgrims

Topic: The New Life/Aspirations

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: W Perkins

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune: Here and Yonder

Hymn Number: 602

Page Number: 220, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Here we are but stray-ing pil-grims,

Here our path is of-ten dim;

But to cheer us on our jour-ney,

Still we sing this way-side hymn:



CHO.- Yon-der, o-ver the rolling river,

Where the shining mansions rise,

Soon will be our home for-ev-er, 

And the smile of the blessed Giver,

Gladdens all our longing eyes.



Here our feet are of-ten wea-ry,

On the hills that throng our way;

Here the tem-pest dark-ly gath-ers,

But our hearts with-in us say,



Here, our souls are often fearful

Of the pilgrim's lurking foe;

But the Lord is our defender,

And he tells us we may know.



Here, our shadowed homes are transient,

And we meet the stranger's frown;

So we'll sing with joy while going,

E'en to death's dark billow down-