In "Hymns For the Camp," 1862 2nd ed. rev. and enl., p. 124, a slightly different version of I'm A Pilgrim appears. This hymn seems to have been a favorite in the South during the War Between the States. Does it appear in Northern hymnals of that time, for use by soldiers, as well?

I'M A PILGRIM

I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry but a night.
Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the rivers are ever flowing.

There the sunbeams are ever shining;
I am hoping for the sight,
Within a country unknown and dreary
I have been wandering, forlorn and weary.

Of the country to which I'm going,
My redeemer is the light;
There is no sorrow nor any sighing,
Nor any sinning nor any dying.
I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry but a night.

Published by the General Tract Agency, Raleigh, NC, for the Confederate Soldiers.
This hymn book is reprinted in its entirety in the Univ. NC website, Documenting the South, docsouth.unc.edu/hymns/hymns.html#hymns123