Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Here we are but straying pilgrims (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Here we are but straying pilgrims

Topic: Aspiration to Rest

Writer: I Carman

Composer: W Perkins

Meter: 8s and 7s with chorus

Tune: Here and Yonder

Hymn Number: 733

Page Number: 282, 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.



Chorus.--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:--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 shadow'd 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.