EARLY ADVENT
SDAH 445
I’m but a stranger here,
Heav’n is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heav’n is my home.
Text
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.
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 over past;
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.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Heb 11:10
Author
Thomas R. Taylor (1807-1835)
Year Published
1835
Hymn Tune
OAK
Metrical Number
6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
Composer
Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Year Composed
1854
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Recommended Reading
Miller gained a huge following which came to be called, the ‘Millerites.’ Great Tent meetings were set up, and the progressing movement saw the need to provide new hymns. Sure, they had songs that they were singing from the churches they belonged to, but none that supported the distinct messages that was being preached such as the judgment, second advent, reward of the saints and the midnight cry. As a result, hymns were compiled and the first Millerite hymnal was born.
Notes
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