[Music]
Whither goest thou, pilgrim stranger,
Passing thro' this darksome vale?
Know'st thou not 'tis full of danger,
And will not thy courage fail?
_Chorus_
I am bound for the kingdom,
Will you go to glory with me?
Hallelujah, praise the Lord.
Pilgrim, thou dost justly call me,
Wand'ring o'er this waste so wide;
Yet no harm will e'er befall me,
While I'm blessed with such a Guide.
_Chorus_
Such a Guide!--no guide attends thee,
Hence for thee my fears arise;
If a guardian pow'r befriend thee,
'Tis unseen by mortal eyes.
_Chorus_
Four more stanzas are in _Good Old Songs_. It is found also as
'Pilgrim Stranger' in Dadmun's _Melodeon_, Boston, 1861, and as
'Female Pilgrim' in the _Christian Lyre_, 18th edition, New York,
1835. The song is apparently one of the so called dialogue hymns of
the early English Methodists. The men sitting on one side of the
meeting house, and the women sitting opposite, sang alternate stanzas.
Lightwood cites one as follows:
_Men_:
Tell us, O women, we would know
Whither so fast ye move.
_Women_:
We're called to leave the world below,
Are seeking one above.
_Chorus_:
Hallelujah.
See _Hymn Tunes and Their Story_, p. 144.
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