Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Pilgrims with pleasure let us part
Topic: Parting of Christians
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 149
Page Number: 148, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPilgrims, with pleasure let us part;
Since we are of one mind and heart,
No length of days, no distant place
Can ever break these bands of grace.
Parting with joy, we'll join and sing,
The wonders of our bleeding King;
Our distant bodies may remove,
But nothing can divide our love.
In vain may earth and hell combine,
To quench that love which is divine;
It will not cease with dying breath,
Nor cool when we are cold in death.
Now joined in love, in Jesus' name,
Let's part and fly to spread his fame,
That other souls may leave their wo,
And join with us in glory too.
A few more rolling days and years
Shall bring a period to our tears;
Soon shall we reach the blissful shore,
Where parting shall be known no more.
There shall our souls adore the hand
That led us thro' this desert land;
Lose all our griefs, forget our pains,
And join in everlasting strains.