Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#565

565. 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 will be overpassed;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven is my home.

3 There at my Saviour'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;
And there I too shall 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: T. R. Taylor, 1807-1835
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Heaven: Our Home; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Home: Heaven our; Strangers and Pilgrim

Tune Information

• Name: FATHERLAND
• Composer: Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4
• Key: G Major or modal