The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#623

623. I'm but a stranger here

1 I'm but a stranger 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.
And time's wild wintry blast
Soon shall be over-past;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven is my home.

3 Therefore I murmur not,
Heaven is my home;
Whate'er my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home.
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord's right hand;
Heaven is 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: Rev. Thomas R. Taylor (1836)
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: The Old Year; Parochial Missions; Faith
• Notes: Tune name in index: HOMEWARD

Tune Information

• Name: [I'm but a stranger here]
• Composer: Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
• Key: A Major