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While through this changing world we roam

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 77 hymnals

Representative Text

1 As through this changing world we roam
From infancy to age,
Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home,
His rest at every stage;
Thither his raptured thoughts ascend,
Eternal joys to share;
There his adoring spirit bends,
While here he kneels in prayer.

2 From earth his freed affections rise
To fix on things above,
Where all his hope of glory lies,
And love is perfect love;
Ah! there may we our treasure place,
There let our hearts be found,
That sill where sin abounded, grace
May more and more abound.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #623

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Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line:	While through this changing world we roam
Title:	The Pilgrim's Home
Author:	James Montgomery
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

WALES (34555)

GERAR

COURAGE (Boynton)

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Page Scans

Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch: mit einem Anhang englisher Lieder (1895), p.343

Instances

Instances (1 - 77 of 77)

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #932

A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #691

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #441

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #441

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #441

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #441

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #441

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #441

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #530

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the use of Universalist Societies and Families (13th ed.) #427

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #427

A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #864

A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Social Religious Meetings and for Private Devotions. 7th ed. #415

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d368

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d372

Book of Hymns and Tunes, comprising the psalms and hymns for the worship of God, approved by the general assembly of 1866, arranged with appropriate tunes... by authority of the assembly of 1873 #384b

Christian Praise #348

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1070

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1169

Church Melodies #830

Church Psalmist #358

Church Psalmist #358

Church Psalmist #358

Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a128

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d147

Gospel Praise Book. #201b

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1048

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1048

Hymns and Tunes #128

Hymns for Christian Devotion #517

Hymns for Christian Devotion #517

Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #326

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d242

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #932

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d65

Melodies of the Church #d1122

New Hymn and Tune book #225a

New Hymn and Tune Book #225a

Plymouth Collection #a1107

Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1107

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H264

Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #1245

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d922

Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #188

Sacred Poems and Hymns #228

Seamen's Hymns #358

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d702

Social Psalmist #358

Songs for Social and Public Worship #503

Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d473

Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1268

Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1268

Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1268

Songs for the Sanctuary #1268

Songs for the Sanctuary #1268

Songs for the Sanctuary #1268

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d632

Songs of the Church #829

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #586

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d896

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1107

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d420

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d413

The Choral #d258

The Christian Hymn Book #d703

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d704

The Christian Psalmist #535

The Church Hymn Book #d1167

The Congregational Hymn Book #659

The Devotional Chimes #205a

The Heart and Voice #241c

The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #440

The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #261

The New Song #199a

The Pilgrim's Harp #d288

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #623

The Vestry Hymn Book #d552

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