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 wintry blast

Soon shall be over passed;

I shall reach home at last,

Heaven is my home.

3.

There at my Saviour’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,

Heaven is my home;

Whatever my earthly lot,

Heaven 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.