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Text:I'm But a Stranger Here
Author:Thomas R. Taylor, 1807-1835
Tune:HEAVEN IS MY HOME
Composer:Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900

853. 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 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.

Text Information
First Line: I'm but a stranger here
Title: I'm But a Stranger Here
Author: Thomas R. Taylor, 1807-1835 (abr.)
Meter: 64 64 6664
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture: ;
Topic: Hope and Comfort
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HEAVEN IS MY HOME
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
Meter: 64 64 6664
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
Copyright: Public Domain



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