Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: We have no home but heaven
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Alexander Ewing
Meter: 7s and 6s
Tune: Ewing
Hymn Number: 477
Page Number: 159, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWE HAVE no home but heaven;
A pilgrim's garb we wear;
Our path is marked by changes,
And strewed with many a care;
Surrounded with temptation,
By varied ills oppressed,
Each day's experience warns us
That this is not our rest.
We have no home but heaven-
We want no home beside:
O God, our Friend and Father,
Our footsteps thither guide;
Unfold to us its glory,
Prepare us for its joy,
Its pure and perfect friendship,
Its angel-like employ.