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Come, all ye mourning pilgrims, Who feel your need of Christ

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Come, all [ye] you weary [mourning] pilgrims

Author: Caleb Taylor Hymnal: A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d119 (1844) Hymnal Title: A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth Languages: English

HYMN XLVI. The Christian's Looking-Glass.

Hymnal: A Collection of original and select hymns and spiritual songs #XLVI (1807) Hymnal Title: A Collection of original and select hymns and spiritual songs First Line: Come all ye mourning pilgrims Lyrics: 1 Come all ye mourning pilgrims, Who feel your need of Christ, Surrounded by temptation, And by the world despis'd ; Attend to what I tell you, My exercise I'll show, And then you may inform me If it's been so with you. 2 Long time I liv'd in darkness, Nor saw my dismal state, And when I was awaken'd I thought it was too late A lost and helpless sinner Myself I plainly saw, Expos'd to God's displeasure, Condemned by the law. 3 I thought the brute creation Were better off than me I spent my days in anguish, No pleasure could I see, Through deep distress and sorrow My Saviour led me on, Then show'd his love unto me When all my hope was gone. 4 But when I was deliver'd, I scarcely can believe To think so vile a sinner A pardon could receive. And when the solemn praises Were flowing from my tongue, Yet fears were often rising, That I might still be wrong. 5 But when these fears were banish'd, My tears began to flow, To think so vile a sinner Should be beloved so. I thought my trials over, And all my troubles gone, That peace and joy and pleasure Would be my lot alone. 6 But now I find a warfare Which often brings me low, The world, the flesh, and Satan, They do beset me so ; Can one that is a Christian Have such a heart as mine? I fear I never felt the Effects of love divine. 7 And when I see young converts How swiftly they go on, How shining their experience, They witness like the sun ; How bold they speak for Jesus, How dearly love his name, Though they are my delight, they Do put my soul to shame. 8 I find I'm often backward To do my master's will, Or else I want the glory Of what I do but ill ; In duty I am weak, and, Alas ! I often find A hard deceitful heart and A wretched wand'ring mind. 9 Sure others do not feel what Is often felt by me, Such trials and temptations Perhaps they never see ; For I'm the chief of sinners, I freely own with Paul, And if I am a Christian, I am the least of all. 10 And now I have related The trials I have seen, Perhaps my brethren know what Such sore temptations mean ; I've told you of my conflicts, Believe me, for 'tis true, And now you may inform me If it's been so with you.

Come all ye mourning pilgrims

Hymnal: A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #716 (1876) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Spiritual Hymns Languages: English

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Caleb Jarvis Taylor

1763 - 1817 Person Name: Caleb Taylor Hymnal Title: General Collection of Hymns, Original and Selected, for Use of Christians Author of "Come, all ye mourning pilgrims" in General Collection of Hymns, Original and Selected, for Use of Christians Caleb Jarvis Taylor was a Methodist minister, songwriter, author, and schoolteacher in Kentucky. Born Roman Catholic he converted before the age of 20. He organized early Methodist congregations in northeast Kentucky and supplied camp meeting songs during the Great Revival. He was born June 20, 1763, in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and died June 6, 1816 in Maysville, Kentucky. Chris Hoh, from "The Early Camp Meeting Song Writers," Methodist Quarterly Review, 1859, Vol. XLI, Fourth Series, XI, April, p 401-413; The History of Methodism in Kentucky by a. H. Redford, p 128-134; Mt. Gilead Methodist Meeting House," Hopewell Museum website (www.hopewellmuseum.org)