Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Here we are but straying pilgrims (FL)

Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion

Date: 1867

Compiler: A D Fillmore

Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co

First Line: Here we are but straying pilgrims

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: I Carman

Composer: W Perkins

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune: Here and Yonder

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 305, 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 way-side hymn:


[Chorus] Yonder over the rolling river,
Where the shining mansions rise,
Soon will be our home forever,
And the smile of the blessed Giver
Gladdens 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, --CHO.


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-- --CHO.


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, --CHO.