Hymns · 1847

I'm But a Stranger Here (Heaven Is My Home)

Songwriter Thomas Taylor, Arthur Sullivan

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Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Psalm 39:12 Romans 8:17 Colossians 3:4 Hebrews 11:13 I Peter 2:11

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Genesis 47:9 I Chronicles 29:15 Psalm 63:1 Psalm 119:19 Matthew 25:33-34 John 14:2-3 John 17:24 Romans 8:30 Philippians 2:14 Philippians 3:20 Philippians 4:11 Hebrews 11:16 James 4:14 Revelation 14:13

Lyrics

Verse 1
I’m but a stranger here, (Heb. 11:13, I Pet. 2:11, Ps. 119:19, Ps. 39:12)
Heav’n is my home;
Earth is a desert drear, (Ps. 63:1)
Heav’n is my home.
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heav’n is my fatherland, (Heb. 11:16, Phil. 3:20)
Heav’n is my home. (John 14:2-3)

Verse 2
What though the tempest rage,
Heav’n is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage, (Gen. 47:9, I Chron. 29:15, James 4:14)
Heav’n is my home;
And time’s wild 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, (Rom. 8:17, Rom. 8:30, Col. 3:4, John 17:24)
Heav’n is my home.
There are the good and blest,
Those I loved most and best;
There, too, I soon shall rest, (Rev. 14:13)
Heav’n is my home.

Verse 4
Therefore I murmur not, (Phil. 2:14)
Heav’n is my home;
Whate’er my earthly lot, (Phil. 4:11)
Heav’n is my home;
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord’s right hand. (Matt. 25:33-34)
Heav’n is my fatherland,
Heav’n is my home.