[A pilgrim was I and a wandering]

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[A pilgrim was I and a wandering]

Composer: John W. Peterson (1958); Composer: Alfred B. Smith (1958)
Published in 38 hymnals

Composer: John W. Peterson

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Composer: Alfred B. Smith

Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Whea… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[A pilgrim was I and a wandering]
Composer:	John W. Peterson (1958)
Composer:	Alfred B. Smith (1958)
Meter:	Irregular with refrain
Incipit:	51113 21611 12222
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	© 1958, Singspiration Music (ASCAP) (Admin. Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing Inc.)

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Organ Solo

He Leadeth Me: Organ Solos
Composer/Editor Albin C. Whitworth
Published By: Good Life Publications, Inc. (1982) pp. 16
Beside the Still Waters: Paul Mickelson Organ Arrangements
Composer/Editor Paul Mickelson
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1977) pp. 28
A Treasury of Gospel Favorites for Organ
Composer/Editors Eugene McCluskey; Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1975) pp. 24
Gospel Hymn Devotions - Number Two: Fourteen Transcriptions for Organ - Standard or Spinet Keyboards
Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 16
The Organist Volume 75 Number 3 July 1971: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Roger C. Wilson; Peterson-Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 40
Crusade Favorites from Around the World: Arranged for All Organs
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Sacred Songs (1968) pp. 2
Easy Organ Favorites: Easy Organ Arrangements of Famous Gospel Songs
Composer/Editors Harold H. DeCou; John W. Peterson
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1966) pp. 6
The Gospel Organist Volume Three: Gospel-Song Arrangements Suitable for Preludes, Offertories, Specials
Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1965) pp. 17

Piano Solo

Down Home with Paul Mickelson: 20 Gospel Piano Arrangements
Composer/Editor Paul Mickelson
Published By: John W. Peterson Music Company (1987) pp. 2
Bock's Best Volume I: 50 Outstanding Piano Arrangements of Hymns and Gospel Songs
Composer/Editor Fred Bock
Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1980) pp. 150
Piano Portraits
Composer/Editor Paul Mickelson
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1977) pp. 6
Piano Solo Favorites Volume Three
Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1977) pp. 2

Piano and Organ Duet

Precious Memories: Classic Arrangements for Piano/Organ
Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
Published By: Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. (1993) pp. 54
A Song in My Heart: Gospel Duets for Piano and Organ
Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
Published By: Stamps-Baxter Music (1989) pp. 43
Don Hustad Meets John W. Peterson at the Piano and Organ
Composer/Editor Donald P. Hustad
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1981) pp. 32
Mickelson Magnuson Organ and Piano Duets
Composer/Editors Paul Mickelson; Charles Magnuson
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1976) pp. 50