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O haste to the city most fair

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim? Lyrics: 1 Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim? And where dost thou journey today? Here rest thee a moment, and tell me, What need of such haste on the way? I haste, for the moments are flying, I go to a city most fair, My beautiful home over Jordan; Then, say, will you go with me there? Chorus: O haste to the city most fair, 'Tis free from all sorrow and care; Dear friends in the vale over Jordan, Are longing to welcome us there. 2 What! leave the gay pleasures around me, The dance with its music and mirth, The splendors of wealth that have bound me, And wedded my spirit to earth? Yes, leave them and cling to thy Saviour Remember thy soul, and beware; Thy soul, that by Him was created A place in thy kingdom to share. [Chorus] 3 Will Jesus receive me, O pilgrim, When long I have slighted His love, Regarding the world as my treasure, Forgetting the mansions above? He waits even now to be gracious, He waits in His mercy for thee; Repent from thy heart, and believe Him; Then outward! rejoicing with me. [Chorus] Used With Tune: WILL YOU GO WITH ME THERE

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[Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim?]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. J. Vail Incipit: 53211 76512 32354 Used With Text: Will You Go With Me There

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Will You Go With Me There

Hymnal: International Song Service #46 (1887) First Line: Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim? Refrain First Line: O haste to the city most fair Languages: English Tune Title: [Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim?]

O haste to the city most fair

Hymnal: International Song Service #138 (1895) First Line: Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim? Lyrics: 1 Why speeding so quickly, O Pilgrim? And where dost thou journey today? Here rest thee a moment, and tell me, What need of such haste on the way? I haste, for the moments are flying, I go to a city most fair, My beautiful home over Jordan; Then, say, will you go with me there? Chorus: O haste to the city most fair, 'Tis free from all sorrow and care; Dear friends in the vale over Jordan, Are longing to welcome us there. 2 What! leave the gay pleasures around me, The dance with its music and mirth, The splendors of wealth that have bound me, And wedded my spirit to earth? Yes, leave them and cling to thy Saviour Remember thy soul, and beware; Thy soul, that by Him was created A place in thy kingdom to share. [Chorus] 3 Will Jesus receive me, O pilgrim, When long I have slighted His love, Regarding the world as my treasure, Forgetting the mansions above? He waits even now to be gracious, He waits in His mercy for thee; Repent from thy heart, and believe Him; Then outward! rejoicing with me. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: WILL YOU GO WITH ME THERE

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S. J. Vail

1818 - 1884 Composer of "WILL YOU GO WITH ME THERE" in International Song Service In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music. --Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.