The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16969

16969. Mark That Pilgrim

1. Mark that pil­grim—low­ly bend­ing,
At the shrine of pray­er as­cend­ing,
Praise and sighs to­ge­ther blend­ing
From his lips in mourn­ful strain;
Glowing with sin­cere con­tri­tion,
And with child­like, blest sub­mis­sion,
Ever ris­eth this p­eti­tion:
"Jesus, come—O come to reign."

2. List again—the low earth sigh­eth,
And the blood of mar­tyrs cri­eth
From its bo­som, where there li­eth
Millions up­on mill­ions slain—
"Lord, how long ere, Thy word giv­en,
All the wicked shall be driv­en
From the earth by bolts of Heav­en?
Jesus, come—O come to reign."

3. Kingdoms now are reel­ing, fall­ing;
Nations lie in woe ap­pall­ing,
On their sages vain­ly call­ing
All these won­ders to ex­plain;
While the slain around are ly­ing,
God’s own lit­tle flock is sigh­ing,
And in se­cret places cry­ing,
"Jesus, come—O come to reign."

4. Here the wick­ed live se­cure­ly,
Of to­mor­row boast­ing sure­ly,
While from those who’re walk­ing pure­ly,
They ex­tort dis­hon­est gain:
Yea, the meek are bur­dened, driv­en;
Want and care to them are giv­en;
But they lift the cry to Heav­en,
"Jesus, come—O come to reign."

5. Christian, cheer thee; land is near­ing;
Still be hope­ful, noth­ing fear­ing;
Soon, in ma­jes­ty ap­pear­ing,
You’ll be­hold the Lamb once slain:
O how joy­ful then to hear Him,
While all na­tions shall re­vere Him,
Saying to His flock who fear Him,
"I have come—on earth to reign!"

Text Information

• First Line: Mark that pilgrim - lowly bending
• Title: Mark That Pilgrim
• Author: Mrs. A. C. Judson
• Meter: 88.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: In The Ad­vent Harp, ed­it­ed by Josh­ua V. Himes (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chus­etts: J. V. Himes, 1849), page 424, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: NOIDA
• Meter: 88.87 D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Ar­ranged in The Sev­enth-Day Ad­vent­ist Hymn and Tune Book, ed­it­ed by Ed­win Barnes & Frank­lin E. Bel­den (Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan: Re­view & He­rald, 1886), num­ber 1140