Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I'm but a stranger here
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune: Oak
Hymn Number: 760
Page Number: 280, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI'm but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a des-ert drear,
Heaven is my home;
Dan-ger and sor-row stand
Round me on ev-ery hand;
Heaven is my fath-er-land-
Heaven is my home.
That though the tempests rage!
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage;
Heaven is my home.
And time's wild wintry blast
Soon will be overpast,
I shall reach home at last;
Heaven is my home.
There at my Savior's side,
Heaven is my home;
I shall be glorified;
Heaven is my home.
There with the good and blest,
Those I loved most and best,
I shall forever rest;
Heaven is my home.
Therefore I'll murmur not;
Heaven is my home;
Whate'er my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home.
For I shall surely stand,
There at my Lord's right hand,
Heaven is my fatherland-
Heaven is my home.