Verse 1

O HAPPY band of pilgrims, If onward ye will tread, With Jesus as your fellow,To Jesus as your Head!

Verse 2

O happy if ye labour As Jesus did for men: O happy if ye hunger As Jesus hungered then.

Verse 3

The Cross that Jesus carried, He carried as your due: The crown that Jesus weareth, He weareth it for you.

Verse 4

The faith by which ye see Him, The hope in which ye yearn, The love that through all troubles to Him alone will turn,

Verse 5

The trials that beset you, The sorrows ye endure, The manifold temptations That death alone can cure:

Verse 6

what are they but his jewels Of right celestial worth? What are they but the ladder Set up to heaven on earth?

Verse 7

O happy band of pilgrims, Look upward to the skies, Where such a light affliction Shall win you such a prize.

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