Text 1I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger;I can tarry, I can tarry but a night;Do not detain me, for I am goingTo where the fountains are ever flowing. RefrainI’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger;I can tarry, I can tarry but a night. 2There the glory is ever shining!O, my longing heart, my longing…
Category: EARLY ADVENT
Text 1There’ll be no night in heaven,In that blest world above;No anxious toil, no weary hours;For labor there is love. RefrainThere’ll be no sorrow there,There’ll be no sorrow there;In heaven above, where all is love,There’ll be no sorrow there. 2There’ll be no grief in heaven;For life is one glad day,And tears are those of former…
Text 1How sweet are the tidings that greet the pilgrim’s ear,As he wanders in exile from home!Soon, soon will the Savior in glory appear,And soon will the kingdom come. RefrainHe’s coming, coming, coming soon I know,Coming back to this earth again;And the weary pilgrims will to glory go,When the Savior comes to reign. 2The mossy…
Text 1I saw one weary, sad, and torn,With eager steps press on the way,Who long the hallowed cross had born,Still looking for the promised day;While many a line of grief and care,Upon his brow was furrowed there;I asked what buoyed his spirits up,“O this,” said he– “the blessed hope.” 2And one I saw, with sword…
Text 1How cheering is the Christian’s hope,While toiling here below!It buoys us up while this passing throughThis wilderness of woe, 2It bouys us up while this passing throughThis wilderness of woe,It buoys us up while passing throughThis wilderness of woe. 3It points us to a land of rest,Where saints with Christ will reign;Where we shall…
Text 1How far from home? I asked, as onI bent my steps-the watchman spake:“the long, dark night is almost gone,The morning soon will break.Then weep no more, but speed thy flight,With Hope’s bright star guiding ray,Till thou shalt reach the realms of light,In everlasting days.” 2I asked the warrior on the field;This was his soul-inspiring…
Text 1You will see your Lord a-coming,You will see your Lord a-coming,You will see your Lord a-comingIn a few more days. Refrain:Hear the band of music,Hear the band of music,Hear the band of musicwhich is sounding thro’ the air. 2Gabriel sounds his mighty trumpet,Gabriel sounds his mighty trumpet,Gabriel sounds his mighty trumpetIn a few more…