The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#526

526. I'm a Pilgrim, and I'm a Stranger

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:
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

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:
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

3 Of the city to which I'm going
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is the light;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any sinning, nor any dying:
Of the city to which I'm going
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is the light.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
• Title: I'm a Pilgrim, and I'm a Stranger
• Author: Mary S. B. Shindler (1841)
• Meter: 9 11, 10 10, 9 11.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 11:13
  ;
  1 Peter 2:11
• Topic: Hope and Aspiration

Tune Information

• Name: JAG ÄR FRÄMLING
• Composer: Oskar Ahnfelt, (1813-1882).
• Meter: 9 11, 10 10, 9 11.
• Key: B♭ Major