The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1213

1213. Deliverance Will Come

1. I saw a wayworn traveler, in tattered garments clad,r /> And struggling up the mountain, it seemed that he was sad;r /> His back was laden heavy, his strength was almost gone,r /> Yet he shouted as he journeyed, Deliverance will come!r />

Refrainr /> Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,r /> Palms of victory I shall wear.r />

2. The summer sun was shining, the sweat was on his brow,r /> His garments worn and dusty, his step seemed very slow;r /> But he kept pressing onward, for he was wending home,r /> Still shouting as he journeyed, Deliverance will come! [Refrain]r />

3. The songsters in the arbor that stood beside the wayr /> Attracted his attention, inviting his delay:r /> His watchword being Onward! he stopped his ears and ran,r /> Still shouting as he journeyed, Deliverance will come! [Refrain]r />

4. I saw him in the evening; the sun was bending low;r /> He’d overtopped the mountain, and reached the vale below:r /> He saw the Golden City—his everlasting home—r /> And shouted loud, Hosanna! Deliverance will come! [Refrain]r />

5. While gazing on that city, just o’er the narrow flood,r /> A band of holy angels came from the throne of God;r /> They bore him on their pinions safe o’er the dashing foam,r /> And joined him in his triumph: Deliverance had come! [Refrain]r />

6. I heard the song of triumph they sang upon that shore,r /> Saying, Jesus has redeemed us to suffer nevermore!r /> Then casting his eyes backward on the race which he had run,r /> He shouted loud, Hosanna! Deliverance has come! [Refrain]r />

This version appeared in The Finest of the Wheat, No. 2 (Chicago, Illinois: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1894).r />

1. I saw a blood washed pilgrim, a sinner saved by grace,r /> Upon the King’s highway, with peaceful, shining face;r /> Temptations sore beset him, but nothing could afright;r /> He said, The yoke is easy, the burden, it is light.r />

Refrainr /> Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,r /> Palms of victory I shall wear.r />

2. His helmet was salvation, a simple faith his shield,r /> And righteousness his breastplate, the spirit’s sword he’d wield.r /> All fiery darts arrested, and quenched their blazing flight;r /> He cried The yoke is easy, the burden, it is light. [Refrain]r />

3. I saw him in the furnace; he doubted not, nor feared,r /> And in the flames beside him, the Son of God appeared;r /> Though seven times ’twas heated, with all the tempter’s might,r /> He cried, The yoke is easy, the burden, it is light. [Refrain]r />

4. ’Mid storms, and clouds, and trials, in prison, at the stake,r /> He leaped for joy, rejoicing, ’twas all for Jesus’ sake;r /> That God should count him worthy, was such supreme delight,r /> He cried, The yoke is easy, the burden, is so light. [Refrain]r />

5. I saw him overcoming, through all the swelling strife,r /> Until he crossed the threshold of God’s eternal life;r /> The crown, the throne, the scepter, the name, the stone so white,r /> Were his, who found, in Jesus, the yoke and burden light. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I saw a wayworn traveler, in tattered garments clad
• Title: Deliverance Will Come
• Author: John B. Matthias (1836)
• Refrain First Line: Then palms of victory, crowns of glory
• Language: English
• Source: Gospel Hymns, Consolidated, Embracing Volumes No. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Without Duplicates (Biglow & Main: 1883); The Fin­est of the Wheat, No. 2 (Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: R. R. Mc­Cabe & Co., 1894)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [I saw a wayworn traveler, in tattered garments clad]
• Composer: John B. Matthias (1836)
• Incipit: 32111 11112 22232
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain