I'm But A Stranger Here

Tune: St. Edmund (Sullivan) · Meter 6 4 6 4 6 6 6 4

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; Time's wild and 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 loved most and best; There, too, I soon 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.

Words: Thomas Rawson Taylor (1807–1835)
Music: Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); setting by unknown
Scripture: Heb 11:16, 2Cor 5:1-10, Jn 14:1-7, Phil 3:20, Eph 2:19
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.