Here We Are But Straying Pilgrims
- Words:
- I. N. Carmen
- Music:
- W. O. Perkins
Sheet music
- 1Here we are but straying pilgrims;Here our path is often dim;But to cheer us on our journey,Still we sing this wayside hymn:Yonder over the rolling river,Where the shining mansions rise,Soon will be our homes forever,And the smile of the blessed GiverGladdens all our longing eyes.
- 2Here our feet are often wearyOn the hills that throng our way;Here the tempest darkly gathers,But our hearts within us say:Yonder over the rolling river,Where the shining mansions rise,Soon will be our homes forever,And the smile of the blessed GiverGladdens all our longing eyes.
- 3Here our souls are often fearfulOf the pilgrim's lurking foe;But the Lord is our defender,And He tells us we may know:Yonder over the rolling river,Where the shining mansions rise,Soon will be our homes forever,And the smile of the blessed GiverGladdens all our longing eyes.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 50 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.