Pilgrim, bend thy footsteps on

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Pilgrim, bend thy footsteps on

Author: S. F. Jones
Tune: [Pilgrim, Bend Thy Footsteps On]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Pilgrim bend thy footsteps on
In trembling faith, in humble fear;
Thy crown of glory is not won,
Thy recompense not here;
But onward with the angels blest,
Seek the haven of thy rest.

2 What has life to do with Thee,
Its ling'ring griefs, its transient bliss?
Time changes to eternity,
O pilgrim ponder this!
And onward with the angels blest,
Seek the haven of thy rest.

3 Pilgrim swerve not in thy faith,
Tho' thorns and briars strew the way;
O heed not what the worlding saith,
Death soon will close life's day;
But onward with the angels blest,
Seek the haven of thy rest.

4 Seek it as the one thing worth,
Turn to thy God in faith and love;
The peace thou can'st not find on earth,
O seek in Heaven above!
And onward with the angels best
Find thy everlasting rest.

Source: Joyful Songs: a choice collection of new Sunday School music #77

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Author: S. F. Jones

Jones, Samuel Flood, M.A., son of William Jones, for many years the Secretary of the Religious Tract Society, was born in London in 1826, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A. 1851). Taking Holy Orders he was Minister of St. Matthew's, Spring Gardens, London, 1854-76; Lecturer of Bow, London, 1858-76; Minor Canon, Westminster Abbey, 1859; Precentor, 1869; Vicar of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, London, 1876; and Priest in Ordinary to the Queen, 1869. In 1860 he published Hymns of Prayer and Praise, Lond., Dalton & Lucy. This book contained 100 hymns, of which the following were by Mr. Jones:— 1. Here all is strife and war. The Present and the Future. 2. Jesus, my Advocate in heaven. Jesus the Advocate. This is adapted from "Star… Go to person page >

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