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SALUTATION.
7,
6,
8,
7,
7,
6,
7,
6.
"Confessed
that
they
were
strangers
and
pilgrims
on
the
earth."-HEB.
11 :
13.
Key
of
D
Minor.
Mercer's
Cluster,
page
230.
1.
Good
morning,
brother
pilgrim,
March
you
towards
Jerusalem,
Pray,
wherefore
are
you
smiling,
We
What,
bound
for
Canaan's
coast?
To
join
the
heav'nly
host?
While
tears
run
down
your
face
?
2.
To
Canaan's
coast
we'll
hasten,
Hark!
from
the
banks
of
Jordan,
Their
Jesus
they
are
viewing,
We
To
join
the
heav'nly
throng,
How
sweet
the
pilgrim's
song
!
By
faith
we
see
him,
too.
soon
shall
cease
from
toiling,
And
reach
that heav'nly
place,
And
reach
that
heav'nly
place;
We
soon
shall
cease
from
toiling,
And
reach
that
heav'nly
place.
smile,
and
weep,
and
praise
him,
And
on
our
way
pursue,
And
on
our
way
pur-sue;
We
smile,
and
weep,
and
praise
him,
And
on
our
way
pur-sue.
3
Though
sinners
do
despise
us,
And
treat
us
with
disdain,
Our
former
comrades
slight
us,
Esteem
us
low
and
mean:
No
earthly
joy
shall
charm
us
While
marching
on
our
way,
Our
Jesus
will
defend
us
In
the
distressing
day.
4
The
frowns
of
old
companions
We're
willing
to
sustain,
And,
in
divine
compassion,
To
pray
for
them
again;
For
Christ,
our
loving
Saviour,
Our
Comforter
and
Friend.
Will
bless
us
with
his
favour,
And
guide
us
to
the
end.
5
With
streams
of
consolation,
We're
filled,
as
with
new
wine,
We
die
to
transient
pleasures,
And
live
to
things
divine:
We
sink
in
holy
raptures,
While
viewing
things
above;
Why
glory
to
my
Saviour,
My
heart
is
full
of
love.
This
tune
is
found
in
the
"Southern
Harmony,"
by
Walker,
1835,
page
143;
"
Social
Harp,"
by
McCurry,
1855,
page
216,
and
is
also
in
the
earlier
song
books
of
Holder,
Ingalls,
and
others
of
the
first
part
of
the
19th
century.
The
tune
is
predicated
on
the
Children
of
Israel
going
from
the
Jordan
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
words
are
arranged
so
as
to
be
typical
of
the
New
Jerusalem.
None
of
the
books
we
have
found
give
the
authors
name
of
the
music;
the
words
and
music
have
always
gone
together,
and
have
not
been
separated
so
far
as
can
be
found.