474. I'm But a Stranger Here

1 I'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 ev'ry hand;
Heav'n is my fatherland;
Heav'n is my home.

2 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 shall be overpast;
I shall reach home at last;
Heav'n is my home.

3 There at my Savior's side--
Heav'n is my home--
I shall be glorified;
Heav'n is my home;
There are the good and blest,
Those I love most and best;
And there I, too, shall rest,
Heav'n is my home.

4 Therefore I murmur not;
Heav'n is my home.
Whate'er my earthly lot,
Heav'n is my home.
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord's right hand.
Heav'n is my fatherland;
Heav'n is my home.

Text Information
First Line: I'm but a stranger here
Title: I'm But a Stranger Here
Author: T. R. Taylor, 1807-35 ( alt.)
Meter: 64 64 6664
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Death and Burial; Trinity 16
Tune Information
Name: HEAVEN IS MY HOME
Composer: A. S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
Meter: 64 64 6664
Key: F Major



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