Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I am a stranger here
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s or 6s and 4s
Tune: Mt Blanc
Hymn Number: 765
Page Number: 282, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI am a stranger here;
No home, no rest I see;
Not all earth counts most dear
Can win a sigh from me.
I'm going home.
CHO.- I'm go-ing home, I'm go-ing home.
Jesus, thy home is mine,
And I thy Father's child;
With hopes and joys divine,
The world's a dreary wild.
I'm going home.
Home! oh! how soft and sweet
It thrills upon the heart!
Home! where the brethren meet,
And never, never part.
I'm going home.
Home! where the Bridegroom takes
The purchase of his love:
Home! where the Father waits
To welcome saints above.
I'm going home.
Yes! when the world looks cold,
Which did my Lord revile,
A Lamb within the fold,
I can look up and smile.
I'm going home.
When earth's delusive charms
Would snare my pilgrim feet,
I fly to Jesus' arms,
And yet again repeat,
I'm going home.