“I AM A STRANGER IN THE EARTH,” PS. 119:19 by L. D. A. Stuttle

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 12, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 7

“I AM A STRANGER IN THE EARTH,” PS. 119:19.

By L. D. A. Stuttle

BY MRS. L. D. A. STUTTLE.

I AM a stranger in the land; Hide not thy precepts, Lord, from me, But guide me by thy loving hand, Nor let me ever stray from thee, Till Zion’s beauteous hills I see.

I am a pilgrim, lone and sad; I have no dwelling here below; In coarse and humble garments clad, A stranger wandering to and fro. Oh, lead me wheresoe’er I go!

I am a stranger, poor and blind; But thou art full of truth and grace, Art ever merciful and kind, Nor hidest long thy gentle face From the lost sons of Adam’s race.

And thou, the Prince of Heaven, didst come, Filled with compassion strong and deep, Didst leave thy glorious, blissful home, And wander o’er earth’s mountains steep To seek and save thy wayward sheep.

Then of thy sufferings, dear Lord, Oh, let me joyfully partake; And may I never scorn thy word, My blest Redeemer ne’er forsake, Who dwelt a pilgrim for my sake.

Vernon, Mich., Feb. 1.