The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#519

519. 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 Saviour's side,
Heaven is my home;
I shall be glorified,
Heaven is my home:
There are the good and blest,
Those I love most and best,
Grant me with them to rest;
Heaven is my home.

4 Grant me to murmur not,
Heaven is my home;
Whate'er my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home.
Grant me at last to stand,
Jesus, at Thy right hand,
There in my fatherland:
Heaven is my home!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm but a stranger here
• Title: I'm But a Stranger Here
• Author: Thomas Rawson Taylor (1836)
• Meter: 6 4, 6 4, 6 6, 6 4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 11:13
  ;
  1 Peter 2:11
• Topic: Hope and Aspiration; Trinity, First Sunday

Tune Information

• Name: ST. EDMUND
• Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, (1842-1900).
• Meter: 6 4, 6 4, 6 6, 6 4.
• Key: G Major