The Constant Companion of the Pilgrim Journey
“Toward the close of a day in the year 1874, I was sitting in my room thinking of the nearness of God through Christ as the constant companion of the pilgrim journey, when my heart burst out with the words:
‘Thou my everlasting portion,
More than friend or life to me,
All along my pilgrim journey,
Saviour, let me walk with Thee.’”
How prayer is the inevitable opening for guidance is finely illustrated in the circumstances which resulted in the writing of