

                           "I'm But a Stranger Here"
                          by T. R. Taylor, 1807-1835
                                  Text From:
                              THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
                 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. I'm but a stranger here,
        Heav'n is my home;
        Earth is a desert dread,
        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 overpast;
        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.

        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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        Notes:
        Hymn #660 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Hebrews 4:9
        Author: Thomas R. Taylor, 1836, alt.
        Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1872
        Tune: "Heaven Is My Home"
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