Text:I'm but a traveler here
Tune:OAK
Composer:Dr. L. Mason

152b. I'm but a traveler here

1 I'm but a traveler 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.

2 What though the tempest rage?
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home.
There's cold and wintry blast
Soon will be overpast;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven 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;
There, too, I soon shall rest;
Heaven is my home.

Text Information
First Line: I'm but a traveler here
Publication Date: 1870
Notes: Tune for 337 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a)
Tune Information
Name: OAK
Composer: Dr. L. Mason
Meter: 6s & 4s
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: By permission.



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