The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#462

462. I'm but a stranger here

1 I'm but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear;
Heaven is my home.
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand,
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.

2 What though the tempest rage?
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home;
And time's wild wintry blast
Soon shall be overpast,
I shall reach home at last;
Heaven is my home.

3 There at my Savior's side,
Heaven is my home;
I shall be glorified,
Heaven is my home;
There are the good and blest,
Those I love most and best,
Grant me with them to rest;
Heaven is my home.

4 Therefore I murmur not,
Heaven is my home;
Whate'er my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home.
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord's right hand,
Heaven is my fatherland:
Heaven is my home!

Text Information

• First Line: I'm but a stranger here
• Author: Thomas R. Taylor (1835)
• Refrain First Line: Heaven is my home
• Meter: 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity; Heavenly Mind; Pilgrimage

Tune Information

• Name: [I'm but a stranger here]
• Composer: A. S. Sullivan, 1842—1900
• Meter: 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4.
• Key: G Major