The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2923

2923. I'm But a Stranger Here

1. I’m but a stranger here, Heav’n is my home;
Earth is a desert drear, Heav’n is my home.
Danger and sorrow stand round me on every hand;
Heav’n is my fatherland, Heav’n is my home.

2. What though the tempest rage, Heav’n is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage, Heav’n is my home;
Time’s cold and wild wintry blast soon shall be over past;
I shall reach home at last, Heav’n is my home.

3. There at my Savior’s side Heav’n is my home;
I shall be glorified, Heav’n is my home.
There are the good and blest, those I loved most and best;
There, too, I soon shall rest, Heav’n is my home.

4. Therefore I murmur not, Heav’n is my home;
Whate’er my earthly lot, Heav’n is my home;
And I shall surely stand there at my Lord’s right hand.
Heav’n is my fatherland, Heav’n is my home.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm but a stranger here, Heav'n is my home
• Title: I'm But a Stranger Here
• Author: Thomas R. Taylor (1836)
• Meter: 10.10.12.10
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. EDMUND (Sullivan)
• Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1872)
• Meter: 10.10.12.10
• Incipit: 11117 25565 53332
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain