The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#1145

1145. I saw a wayworn traveler

1 I saw a wayworn traveler,
In tattered garments clad,
And struggling up the mountain;
It seemed that he was sad;
His back was laden heavy,
His strength was almost gone,
He shouted as he journeyed,
Deliverance will come.

Chorus:
Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,
Palms of victory we shall bear.

2 The summer sun was shining,
The sweat was on his brow,
His garments worn and dusty,
His step seemed very slow:
But he kept pressing onward,
For he was wending home;
Still shouting as he journeyed,
Deliverance will come. [Chorus]

3 The songsters in the arbor
That stood beside the way
Attracted his attention,
Inviting his delay;
His watchword being "Onward!"
He stopped his ears, and ran,
Still shouting as he journeyed,
Deliverance will come. [Chorus]

4 I saw him in the evening,
The sun was bending low;
He'd overtopped the mountain,
And reached the vale below;
His eyes were dim and heavy,
His journey, it was done;
He shouted, as it ended,
Deliverance will come! [Chorus]

5 They closed the blinds around him,
And locked him up alone,
That nothing might disturb him
Till his best Friend should come.
Hope made for him a pillow,
And faith, a garment rare,
To keep him in his slumbers
Till Jesus should appear. [Chorus]

6 At length the trumpet sounded,
The shadows fled away,
The gilded rays of glory
Proclaimed the coming day;
Then when the light of morning
Broke in his little room,
He rose, and cried, Hosanna!
Deliverance has come! [Chorus]

7 I heard the song of triumph
He sang upon that shore,
Saying, Jesus has redeemed me,
I'll suffer now no more;
And casting his eyes backward
On the face that he had run,
He raised the loud hosanna,
Deliverance has come! [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: I saw a wayworn traveler
• Author: John B. Matthias
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Miscellaneous: Old Melodies

Tune Information

• Name: DELIVERANCE WILL COME
• Composer: John B. Matthias
• Key: F Major or modal