Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Song
Date: 1814
Compiler: Elias Smith
Publisher/Printer: Elias Smith
First Line: This day my soul has caught new fire
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Hymn Number: 13
Page Number: 018, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThis day my soul has caught new fire.
Halle, hallelujah;
I feel that heaven is drawing near,
Glory, hallelujah;
I long to quit this cumbr'rous clay,
Halle, hallelujah;
And shout with saints in endless day,
Glory, hallelujah.
CHORUS
Shout! Shout! We're gaining ground - Halle, hallelujah;
Satan's kingdom's falling down - Glory, hallelujah.
When Israel came to Jericho,
Began to pray, and shout, and blow,
The tow'ring walls came tumbling down,
The noise, like thunder, shook the ground.
See Gideon marching to the fight,
He had no weapon but a light;
He took his pitcher, and his lamp,
And storm'd with these the Midian camp.
The Philistines, in a dreadful flame,
Found Zion's King was still the same;
Young David's weapons seem'd but dull,
But broke Goliath's brazen skull.
See Daniel in the lion's den;
When he comes out, he'll pray again,
And Paul and Silas, when in jail,
Would pray and sing, in spite of hell.
They made the prison loudly ring,
Although oppos'd by Hell's dark king,
Thus all who trust the Lord may sing;
And make the earth with praises ring.