Adventist Pioneer Library

The Pilgrim's Song

My Bible leads to glory,

  • No. 2
  • 7 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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Hymns designed for the use of the Second Advent Band (1843), printed pp. 5–6 (PDF 9–10). Words only: the hymnal prints no music.

2

My Bible leads to glory,
My Bible leads to glory,
My Bible leads to glory,
Ye followers of the Lamb.

3

*Chorus.*
Sing on, pray on, ye followers of Immanuel,
Sing on, pray on, ye followers of the Lamb.

4

Religion makes me happy,
Religion makes me happy,
Religion makes me happy,
Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

5

I'm on my way to glory,
I'm on my way to glory,
I'm on my way to glory
Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

6

I'm fighting for a kingdom,
I'm fighting for a kingdom,
I'm fighting for a kingdom,
Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

7

King Jesus is my Captain,
King Jesus is my Captain,
King Jesus is my Captain,
Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

8

We'll have a shout in glory,
We'll have a shout in glory,
We'll have a shout in glory,
Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

9

There we shall live forever,
There we shall live forever,
There we shall live forever,
Ye followers of the Lamb, &c.

10

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*Millennial Harp (1843):* The same hymn as «Bible leads to glory» (Millennial Harp Part II, p. 10, with music): the same seven stanzas and chorus, word for word (MH has «captain» in lower case, this print «Captain»). Folder: `Millennial Harp (1843) archives.org/2. Transcribed/II_010_Bible-leads-to-glory/`.

About this hymn

As printed Read by eye from the archive.org camera originals (`hymnsdesignedfor00slns_orig_jp2`, leaf = PDF page), with the PDF text layer (OCR) as witness only. The printer's thin space before «;», «:», «?» and «!» is not reproduced. Stanzas are not numbered in the print; they are numbered here only by their order (in the frontmatter count), not in the text.

Source
Hymns designed for the use of the Second Advent Band (1843), words only
Where
No. 2 · printed page 5
Checked
lyrics verified · 2026-09-25