Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#445

445. 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 every 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 over past;
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.

Text Information

• First Line: I'm but a stranger here, Heaven is my home
• Title: I'm But a Stranger Here
• Author: Thomas R. Taylor (1835)
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Early Advent

Tune Information

• Name: OAK
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1792-1872) (1854)
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
• Incipit: 11232 12171 11232
• Key: F Major or modal