Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Here and Yonder

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Here we are but straying pilgrims

Topic: Heaven

Writer: I Carman

Composer:

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Hymn Number: 702

Page Number: 296, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

HERE we are but straying pilgrims,

Here our path is often dim;

But to cheer us on our journey,

Still we sing this wayside hymn:



CHO.-Yonder, over the rolling river,

Where the shining mansions rise,

Soon will be our home forever,

And the smile of the blessed Giver

Gladden all our longing eyes.



Here our feet are often weary,

On the hills that throng our way;

Here the tempest darkly gathers,

But our hearts within 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: