CPWI Hymnal ‎#425

425. O happy band of pilgrims

1 O happy band of pilgrims,
if onward ye will tread,
with Jesus as your fellow,
to Jesus as your Head!

2 O happy if ye labour
as Jesus did for men!
O happy if ye hunger
as Jesus hungered then!

3 The cross that Jesus carried
he carried as your due:
the crown that Jesus weareth
he weareth it for you.

4 The faith by which ye see him,
the hope in which ye yearn,
the love that through all troubles
to him alone will turn,

5 the trials that beset you,
the sorrows ye endure,
the manifold temptations
that death alone can cure.

6 What are they but his jewels
of right celestial worth?
What are they but the ladder
set up to heaven on earth?

7 O happy band of pilgrims,
look upward to the skies,
where such a light affliction
shall win so great a prize.

Text Information

• First Line: O happy band of pilgrims
• Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
• Meter: 7.6.7.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Romans 8:16-17
• Topic: General Hymns: Christian Vocation and Witness

Tune Information

• Name: KOCHER
• Composer: Johann Heinrich Knecht, 1752-1817
• Meter: 7.6.7.6
• Key: F Major