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THE
LONE
PILGRIM.
11s,
8s.
"For
if
we
believe
that
Jesus
died
and
rose
again,
even
so
them
also
that
sleep
in
Jesus
will
God
bring
with
him."-1
Thess.
4:14.
B.
F.
White.
Key
of
D
Flat
Major.
B.
F.
White,
1850.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1 I
came
to
the
place
where
the
lone
pil
-
grim
lay,
And
pen
-
sive
-
ly
stood
by
his
tomb,
2 The
tem
-
pest
may
howl,
and
the
loud
thun
-
ders
roar,
And
gath
-
er
-
ing
storms
may
a
-
rise,
3 The
cause
of
his
mas
-
ter
pro
-
pelled
him
from
home,
He
bade
his
com
-
pan
-
ions
fare
-
well:
He
wan
-
dered
an
ex
-
ile
and
stran
-
ger
from
home,
No
kin
-
dred
or
rel
-
a
-
tive
nigh;
5
O
tell
his
com
-
pan
-
ions
and
chil
-
dren
most
dear:
To
weep
not
for
him,
now
he's
gone.
When
in
a
low
whis
-
per
I
heard
some
-
thing
say,
"How
sweet
-
ly
he
sleeps
here
a
-
lone."
Yet
calm
are
his
feel
-
ings,
at
rest
is
his
soul,
The
tears
are
all
wiped
from
his
eyes.
He
blessed
his
dear
chil
-
dren,
who
for
him
now
mourn,
In
far
dis
-
tant
re
-
gions
they
dwell.
He
met
the
con
-
ta
-
gion
and
sank
to
his
tomb,
His
soul
flew
to
man
-
sions
on
high.
The
same
that
led
him
through
the
scenes
most
se
-
vere
Has
kind
-
ly
as
-
sis
-
ted
him
home.
These
words
and
tune
were
composed
by
Major
B. F.
White
at
the
grave
of
a
friend
who
had
once
lived
in
Georgia,
and
who
had
gone
West
and
died.
Major
White
visited
there,
and
while
at
the
grave
wrote
the
words
and
music
to
the
above
hymn.
The
grave
was
in
the
lone
prairies,
and
the
words
show
the
inwardnees
of
his
great
heart,
and
the
feeling
he
possed
for
a
parted
friend
and
former
companion.
William
Walker
claims
this
tune.
See
"Christian
Harmony,"
page
341.
In
the
"New
Harp
of
Columbia"
by
L.
M.
Swan
he
gives
credit
for
the
muaic
of
"The
Lone
Pilgrim"
to
M.
L.
Swan.
See
page
49.
White
and
Walker
have
the
same
words
in
their
tunes,
but
Swan
has
the
hymn,
"In
Songs
of
Sublime
Adoration
and
Praise."