I'm a Pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
Mary Dana Shindler (1841) • English
Primary Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:15
Verse 1
I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night; Do not detain me, for I am going To where the fountains are ever flowing.
Chorus
I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
Verse 2
There the glory is ever shining! O, my longing heart, my longing heart is there; Here in this country so dark and dreary, I long have wandered forlorn and weary.
Chorus
I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
Verse 3
There’s the city to which I journey; My Redeemer, my Redeemer is its light! There is no sorrow, nor any sighing, Nor any tears there, or any dying.
Chorus
I’m a pilgrim, and I’m a stranger; I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- 1-chronicles 29:15
Reference 2
- hebrews 1:13
Reference 3
- hebrews 11:10-13
Reference 4
- 1-peter 2:11