We Are Pilgrims

We are pilgrims on our journey, we are pilgrims on our journey

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: OLD PLANTATION SONG
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 We are pilgrims on our journey,
We are pilgrims on our journey,
We are pilgrims on our journey,
And we soon shall reach our home.

2 We are marching thro' the valley,
We are marching thro' the valley,
We are marching thro' the valley,
And we soon shall reach our home.

3 Soon our troubles will be over,
Soon our troubles will be over,
Soon our troubles will be over,
For we soon shall reach our home.

4 Soon our conflicts will be ended,
Soon our conflicts will be ended,
Soon our conflicts will be ended,
For we soon shall reach our home.

5 Let's hold out a little longer,
Let's hold out a little longer,
Let's hold out a little longer,
For we soon shall reach our home.

6 Let us bear the cross for Jesus,
Let us bear the cross for Jesus,
Let us bear the cross for Jesus,
For we soon shall reach our home.

7 Let us keep our lamps a-burning,
Let us keep our lamps a-burning,
Let us keep our lamps a-burning,
For we soon shall reach our home.

8 Soon we'll sing and shout in glory,
Soon we"ll sing and shout in glory,
Soon we'll sing and shout in glory,
For we soon shall reach our home.

9 There we'll live with Him forever,
There we'll live with Him forever,
There we'll live with Him forever,
For we soon shall reach our home.

10 Come, O sinner, journey with us,
Come, O sinner, journey with us,
Come, O sinner, journey with us,
For we soon shall reach our home.



Source: His Fullness Songs #343

Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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First Line: We are pilgrims on our journey, we are pilgrims on our journey
Title: We Are Pilgrims
Author: Charles Price Jones
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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