"Wayfaring Stranger"

"Wayfaring Stranger"

"The Wayfaring Stranger," also known as "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" or "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger," is a well-known American folk and gospel song likely originating in the
early 19th century.

First Line: I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Title: Wayfaring Stranger
Source: Christian Songster, 1858
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I'm going there to see my Father
Copyright: Public Domain

The above information was found at this website. https://hymnary.org/text/i_am_a_poor_wayfaring_stranger

Origin of Wayfaring Stranger
"This song has been around for over two hundred years blessing millions of Americans in both the secular and the religious world.
It is difficult if not impossible to pinpoint the exact origin of this North American folk song.
We have some historians saying that they can trace this song to the 1780s while others trace it to the early 1800s."

Who Wrote Wayfaring Stranger?
"The jury is still out when it comes to the composer of the Wayfaring Stranger. Some people think that it is a reworked Negro spiritual.
Some think that it could have come the Portuguese colonialists.
Others think that it could be a reworked native song.
The fact is this song has now become one of the most loved gospel folk songs in America."

The above information came from this website. https://christianmusicandhymns.com/2017/01/wayfaring-stranger-hymn-lyrics-and.html

"Wayfaring Stranger" has been performed/recorded by a number of famous artists,
including Jo Stafford, Andy Griffith, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Trace Adkins, Johnny Cash, Ed Sheeren and many more.

Psalm 39:12 “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers."

Psalm 119:19 "I am a sojourner on the earth; 0 hide not your commandments from me!" 

2 Corinthians 3:18 "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image
from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." 

Hebrews 11:16 "But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God, for he has prepared for them a city." 

Hebrews 13:14 "For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." 

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