Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: A pilgrim through this lonely world
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> Bonar
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 150
Page Number: 093, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA Pilgrim through this lonely world,
The blessed Saviour 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.