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Weary pilgrim, will you go

Author: Ida Whipple Benham
Tune: [Weary pilgrim, will you go]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Weary pilgrim, will you go
Where the living waters flow,
Where the fountain deep and still
Flows from Zion’s blessèd hill?

2 Soft the verdure by its side
Clear as crystal is its tide;
Sunshine lights the ripples o’er
As they softly bathe the shore.

3 Weary of the worldly strife,
Thirsting for a nobler life,
To the fountain quickly speed;
It will satisfy your need.

4 When by care and toil oppressed,
Seek that blessed fount and rest;
Rest thee on its peaceful shore;
Drink, and thou shalt thirst no more.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16784

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Author: Ida Whipple Benham

Ida Whipple Benham, peace advocate, born in a farmhouse in Ledyard, Conn., January 9, 1849. She is a daughter of Timothy and Lucy Ann Geer Whipple, and comes from a Quaker family. At an early age she began to write verses. At the age of thirteen years she taught a country school. She was married April 14, 1869, to Elijah B. Benham, of Groton, Conn. She was early made familiar with the reforms advocated by the Quakers, such as temperance, anti-slavery, and the abolition of war. She has lectured on peace and temperance. She was a director fo the American Peace Society, and a member of the executive committee of theUniversal Peace Union. She takes a conspicuous part in the large pece conventions held annually in Mystic, Conn., and she held a m… Go to person page >

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