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Text: | A pilgrim and a stranger |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt |
Translator: | Jane Borthwick |
Tune: | GERHARDT |
Composer: | J. F. Ohl |
1 A pilgrim and a stranger,
I journey here below;
Far distant is my country,
The house to which I go.
Here I must toil and travail,
Oft weary and oppressed,
But there my God shall lead me
To everlasting rest.
2 There still my thoughts are dwelling,
'Tis there I long to be;
Come, Lord, and call Thy servant
To blessedness with Thee.
Come, bid my toils be ended,
Let all my wanderings cease;
Call from the wayside lodging
To the sweet home of peace.
3 There I shall dwell for ever,
No more a stranger guest,
With all Thy blood-bought children
In everlasting rest,--
The pilgrim toils forgotten,
The pilgrim conflicts o'er,
All earthly griefs behind us,
Eternal joys before!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | A pilgrim and a stranger |
Translator: | Jane Borthwick (1858) |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt (1666) |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Life Everlasting: Heaven |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GERHARDT |
Composer: | J. F. Ohl (1915) |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. D. |
Key: | a minor |
Key: | C Major |