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I'm a Pilgrim

The same words as 4 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

1 stanza only in SDA Hymnal #444

Verse 1

I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night;
Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the fountains are ever flowing.

Verse 1

I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night;
Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the fountains are ever flowing.

Verse 2

There the glory is ever shining!
O, my longing heart, my longing heart is there;
Here in this country so dark and dreary,
I long have wandered forlorn and weary.

Verse 2

There the glory is ever shining!
O, my longing heart, my longing heart is there;
Here in this country so dark and dreary,
I long have wandered forlorn and weary.

Not in this version

Verse 3

There's the city to which I journey;
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is its light!

There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,

Nor any tears there, nor any dying.

Verse 3

I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

Refrain

I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger;
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.

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