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The Open Hymnal · No. 70 · Words: Thomas Rawson Taylor · Tune: St. Edmund (Sullivan)
I'm But A Stranger Here
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A hymn written by Thomas Rawson Taylor (published posthumously in 1836) expressing the Christian's sense of being a pilgrim on earth, with heaven as the true and final home. It draws on the biblical theme of earthly life as a temporary sojourn and anticipates reunion with loved ones in glory.
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
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