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[I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins Incipit: 34321 23211 21777 Used With Text: I'm a Pilgrim

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I'm a Pilgrim

Author: Mary Dana Shindler Appears in 406 hymnals First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger Refrain First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger Topics: Heaven Scripture: Hebrews 11:13 Used With Tune: [I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger]

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I'm a Pilgrim

Author: Mary Dana Shindler Hymnal: Young People's Songs of Praise #164 (1902) First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger Refrain First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger Topics: Heaven Scripture: Hebrews 11:13 Tune Title: [I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger]
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I'm a Pilgrim

Author: Mary Dana Shindler Hymnal: Sacred Songs No. 2 #169 (1899) First Line: I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger, I can tarry Refrain First Line: I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger Topics: Closing; Heaven Scripture: Hebrews 11:13 Tune Title: [I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger]

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Mary Dana Shindler

1810 - 1883 Author of "I'm a Pilgrim" in Sacred Songs No. 2 Shindler, Mary Stanley Bunce, née Palmer, better known as Mrs. Dana, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1810. In 1835 she was married to Charles E. Dana, of New York, and removed with him to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1838. Mr. Dana died in 1839, and Mrs. Dana returned to South Carolina. Subsequently she was married to the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, who was Professor in Shelby College, Kentucky, in 1851, and afterwards in Texas. Mrs. Shindler, originally a Presbyterian, was for some time an Unitarian; but of late years she has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As Mary S. B. Dana she published the Southern Harp, 1840, and the Northern Harp, 1841. From these works her hymns have been taken, 8 of which are in T. O. Summers's Songs of Zion, 1851. The best known are:— 1. Fiercely came the tempest sweeping. Christ stilling the storm. (1841.) 2. I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger. A Christian Pilgrim. (1841.) 3. O sing to me of heaven. Heaven contemplated. (1840.) Sometimes given as "Come, sing to me of heaven." [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Shindler, Mary S. B., p. 1055, i. Other hymns usually attributed to this writer, are "Prince of Peace, control my will" (Perfect Peace), in the Church of England Magazine, March 3, 1858, in 32 lines; and " Once upon the heaving ocean" (Jesus calming the Sea). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger]" in Sacred Songs No. 2 Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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