The Pilgrimage

Come, let us anew our journey pursue, With vigor arise

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: LUCAS (Lucas)
Published in 58 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Come, let us anew
Our journey pursue,
With vigour arise,
And press to our permanent place in the skies:
Of heavenly birth,
Tho' wand'irng on earth,
This is not our place,
But strangers and pilgrims ourselves we confess.

2 At Jesus' call,
We give up our All;
And still we forego,
For Jesus's sake, our enjoyment below:
No longing we find
For the country behind;
But onward we move,
And still we are seeking a country above.

3 A country of joy
Without any alloy,
We thither repair,
Our heart and our treasure already are there.
We march hand in hand
To Immanuel's land;
No matter what cheer
We meet with on earth, for eternity's near!

4 The rougher our way,
The shorter our stay;
The tempests that rise
Shall gloriously hurry our souls to the skies:
The fiercer the blast,
The sooner 'tis past;
The troubles that come,
Shall come to our rescue, and hasten us home.

Source: A Pocket Hymn Book: designed as a constant companion for the pious, collected from various authors (9th ed.) #CLXXXVIII

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Come, let us anew our journey pursue, With vigor arise
Title: The Pilgrimage
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 10.5.11.10.5.11
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d85

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d127

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d127

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d125

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d66

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #953

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #413

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #413

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d84

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #498

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A Collection of Hymns #413

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A Collection of Hymns #494

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #539

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d36

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A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CLXXXVIII

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A Pocket Hymn Book #CLXXXVIII

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CLXXXVIII

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A Pocket Hymn-book #188

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #CLXXXVIII

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #424

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #319

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #976

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David's Harp #238

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Devotional hymns #S218

Great Songs of the Church #359

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #457

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #427

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #427

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #403

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #403

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1074

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1074

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Hymns and Tunes for Prayer and Social Meetings #178

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d85

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d77

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #953

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Hymns of the Church Militant #213

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Methodist Hymn-Book #630

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Methodist Tune Book #217

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New Hymn and Tune book #383a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #383a

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d44

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d35

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d70

The Boston One-Line Psalmist #d33

The Chilton Music for Standard Hymns #d17

The Christian Minstrel #d50

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The Christian's Harp #132

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The Heart and Voice #360b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #644

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #731

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The Lexington Collection #212

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d46

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #CCXX

The Western Harp #d35

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