Pilgrims - Seth Bergey
Description
Lyrics-
I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger,
I'm traveling through this world of woe.
Yet there's no sickness toil nor danger
in that bright land to which I go.
We are pilgrims.
We are strangers.
Travelin' through this fragile world
with a home awaiting us.
Keep in mind that final home,
while we travel through this place.
We are pilgrims on the earth
Journey on! Journey on!
We are strangers in this land
with no place to call our home,
but the place we are headin' for,
We are pilgrims.
We are strangers.
We are travelers on His way
seeking for the King of Love;
That we might our purpose fill,
and through our lives His glory shine.
We are pilgrims on the earth
Journey on! Journey on!
We are strangers in this land
with no place to call our home,
but the place we are headin' for,
I'm going there to meet my Saviour.
I'm going there no more to roam.
I'm just a goin' over Jordan.
I'm just a goin' over home.
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion
Pilgrims
Words by Seth Bergey; incorporates traditional text from "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"Music by Seth Bergey; incorporates the traditional American folk hymn/spiritual "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"Tune WAYFARING STRANGER
I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger,
I'm traveling through this world of woe.
Yet there's no sickness, toil, nor danger
in that bright land to which I go.
We are pilgrims.
We are strangers.
Story Behind the Song
"Pilgrims" is a contemporary choral song by Seth Bergey that draws on the traditional American spiritual or folk hymn "Poor Wayfaring Stranger." The older hymn presents the Christian life as a journey through sorrow toward the heavenly home, and Bergey's added text develops the biblical language of believers as pilgrims and strangers on the earth. The exact date of composition and publication details for Bergey's setting are not confidently established here.