Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: I'm but a stranger here
Topic: Conflicts and Temptations
Writer: T Taylor
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune: Oak
Hymn Number: 544
Page Number: 191, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI'M but a stranger here,
Heav'n is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heav'n is my home;
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heav'n is my fatherland--
Heav'n is my home.
What though the tempest rage!
Heav'n is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heav'n is my home.
And time's wild Wintry blast
Soon will be overpast,
I shall reach home at last--
Heav'n is my home.
There at my Saviour's side,
Heav'n is my home;
I shall be glorified;
Heav'n is my home.
There with the good and blest,
Those I lov'd most and best,
I shall forever rest--
Heav'n is my home.