Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: I'm but a stranger here
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: T Taylor
Composer:
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1146
Page Number: 683, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI'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.
What 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 Saviour'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 for ever rest;
Heaven is my home.
Therefore I'll murmur not;
Heaven is my home;
Whate'er my eathly 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.