I'm But a Stranger Here

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.

What though the tempest rage,

Heaven is my home;

Short is my pilgrimage,

Heaven is my home.

Time’s cold and wintry blast

Soon will be overpast;

I shall reach home at last;

Heaven is my home.

There at my Savior’s side,

Heaven is my home;

I shall be glorified,

Heaven is my home.

There’ll be the good and blest,

Those I love most and best,

There, too, I soon shall rest;

Heaven is my home.