Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: I am a stranger here
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 6s and 4
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1154
Page Number: 690, 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.
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! O! 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.
When breaks each mortal tie
that holds me from the goal,
This, this can satisfy
The cravings of my soul,-
I'm going home.
Ah! gently, gently lead,
Along the painful way,
Bid every word and deed,
And every look to say,
I'm going home.