us to suffer nevermore!" Then casting his eyes backward on the race which he had run, He shouted loud, "Hosanna! Deliverance has come!" Then palms of victory, crowns of glory, Palms of victory I shall wear. Additional stanzas were published in the 1888 Songs of Pilgrimage: A Hymnal for the Churches of Christ: His eyes were dim and heavy, his body weak and way, Therefore his Brother gave him a couch to lie upon; And closed the blinds around him, and locked him up alone, That nothing might disturb him, till deliverance should come. Hope made for him a pillow, and faith a garment rare, To wrap him in his slumbers, till Christ his home prepare. But when the dawn of morning broke in his little room, He rose, and cried "Hosanna! Deliverance has come!" Then I heard the song of triumph he sung upon that shore, Saying, "Jesus has redeemed me, to suffer never more;" And casting his eyes backward on the race that he had run, He shouted loud, "Hosanna! Deliverance has come!" The chorus has been translated into German as follows: Denn Siegespalmen Und Ehrenkronen, Siegespalmen sind unser Lohn. Bloodwashed pilgrim variation The song has also been sung with the title, "The Bloodwashed Pilgrim", using different words and the same tune: I saw a blood washed pilgrim, a sinner saved by grace, Upon the King's highway, with peaceful, shining face; Temptations sore beset him, but nothing could afright; He said, "The yoke is easy, the burden, it is light." Refrain Then palms of victory, crowns of glory, Palms of victory I shall wear. His helmet was salvation, a simple faith his shield, And righteousness his breastplate, the spirit's sword he'd wield. All fiery darts arrested, and quenched their blazing flight; He cried "The yoke is easy, the burden, it is light." Refrain I saw him in the furnace; he doubted not, nor feared, And in the flames beside him, the Son of God appeared; Though seven times 'twas heated, with all the tempter's might, He cried, "The yoke is easy, the burden, it is light." Refrain 'Mid storms, and clouds, and trials, in prison, at the stake, He leaped for joy, rejoicing, 'twas all for Jesus' sake; That God should count him worthy, was such supreme delight, He cried, "The yoke is easy, the burden, is so light." Refrain I saw him overcoming, through all the swelling