I'm a Pilgrim by L. J. Geroy

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 10, 1871

I'm a Pilgrim.

By L. J. Geroy

I'm a pilgrim: and my journey were a desert lone and drear; But the hope that cheers my pathway, that my Saviour's very near, Ever helps me to press forward, with an eye upon the prize, In the sweet home country shining, where my Father's mansions rise.

I'm a pilgrim and a stranger, in this world I have no home; But the blessed promise written, that my Saviour soon will come, Fills my aching heart with gladness and each trial disappears As I think upon my heavenly home, in yonder blissful spheres.

I'm a pilgrim; night and morning bear me farther on my way. To the time when Jesus will appear, that bright eternal day; Then I'll cast all else behind me, while these thoughts my heart engage. My Saviour soon is coming, and short is my pilgrimage.

I'm a pilgrim; but just yonder, do my yearning eyes behold The Jasper walls, the pearly gates, the city of pure gold. Pilgrim, arise, and struggle on, let this thy spirit cheer; There's a home reserved for thee in Heaven if thou art faithful here.

L. J. Geroy.

East Saginaw, Mich.