Whither, Pilgrims, Are You Going?

Whither, pilgrims, are you going?

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [Whither, pilgrims are you going] (Bradbury)
Published in 89 hymnals

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1. Whither, pilgrims, are you going,
Going each with staff in hand?
We are going on a journey,
Going at our King’s command.
Over hills and plains and valleys,
We are going to His palace,
We are going to His palace,
Going to the better land;
We are going to His palace,
Going to the better land.

2. Fear ye not the way so lonely—
You, a little, feeble band?
No, for friends unseen are near us:
Holy angels round us stand.
Christ, our Leader, walks beside us:
He will guard and He will guide us,
He will guard and He will guide us,
Guide us to the better land;
He will guard and He will guide us,
Guide us to the better land.

3. Tell me, pilgrims, what you hope for
In that far-off better land.
Spotless robes and crowns of glory
From a Saviour’s loving hand.
We shall drink of life’s clear river,
We shall dwell with God forever,
We shall dwell with God forever
In that bright and better land;
We shall dwell with God forever
In that bright and better land.

4. Pilgrims, may we travel with you
To that bright, that better land?
Come and welcome, come and welcome,
Welcome to our pilgrim band.
Come, O come, and do not leave us,
Christ is waiting to receive us,
Christ is waiting to receive us
In that bright, that better land;
Christ is waiting to receive us
In that bright, that better land.

Source: The Westminster Hymnal for congregational and social use and for the Sunday School #252

Author: Fanny Crosby

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Instances

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A New Hymnal for Sunday Schools #99

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A Selection of Hymns #37

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Augsburg Songs No. 2 #75

Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined #d363

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #195[328]

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Bradbury's Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #78

Children's Praise #d169

Choral Song #d256

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Christian Songs #113

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Devotional Melodies #174

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Dew Drops of Sacred Song #53

Faith Hymns #d163

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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #48

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Gems of Song #58

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Helps for Worship #95

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Hymns and Offices of Worship #254

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Hymns and Songs #284

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Hymns for Elementary Schools #35

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Hymns for First-Day Schools (Rev. and Enl.) #40

Hymns for Him. 1st ed. #d90

Hymns for the Use of the Sunday School of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Jersey City #d185

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Hymns for Worship #95

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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #196

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Northfield Hymns for Young People #131

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #254

Oriola #d301

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Precious Hymns #328

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Redemption Songs #681

Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected #d394

Sabbath School Trumpet #d117

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Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #191

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Salvation Army Music #211

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Singing on the Way #40

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Small Church Music #6305

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Songs for Little People #62

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Songs for Little People #85

Songs of Praise #d143

Spiritual hymns of worship #d557

Sunday School Hymn Book #d530

Sunday School Service and Hymn Book arranged by the Sunday School Committee #d184

Sweet Hosannahs for the Sunday School #d67

The Alleluia #d258

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The Alleluia #81

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d899

The Book of Praise #783

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The Christian Harp and Sabbath School Songster #104

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The Church Hymnary #580

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The Church School Hymnal with Tunes #170

The Clariona #d245

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The Cyber Hymnal #13178

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The Eclectic Sabbath School Hymn Book #101

The Eolian Harp #d142

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The Eolian Harp #20

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The Extra Hymn Book #94

The Gem #d194

The Home and School Hymnal #233

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The Melodeon #41

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The New Alleluia #81

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The New Children's Hymnal #306

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The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #78

The Philharmonia #d481

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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #187

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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #229

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #583

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #583

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The Revivalist #423

The Sabbath School Gem #d113

The Saint John's Church Sunday School Hymn Book #d118

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The Salvation Army Music #315a

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The School Hymnal #219

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The Scottish Hymnal #439

The Song Evangel #d241

The Song Evangel #ad241

The Star of the East #d204

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The Sunday School Chant and Tune Book #107

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The Sunday School Hymnal #44

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The Sunday School Hymnary #103

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The Westminster Hymnal for congregational and social use and for the Sunday School #252

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The Y. M. Christian Association Hymn-Book, with Tunes. #51a

The Young Churchman's Hymnal. 5th ed. #d60

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The Young People's Chorister #174

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Vestry Chimes #95a

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Westminster Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of hymns and tunes for use in sabbath-schools and social meetings #219

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Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book #190b

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