I Can't Feel At Home Any More

This world is not my home, I'm just passing by

Author: Anonymous
Tune: [This world is not my home, I'm just a-passin thru]
Published in 49 hymnals

Representative Text

1 This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue;
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore.

Chorus:
O Lord, you know I have no friend like you,
If heaven's not my home, then Lord what will I do?
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore.

2 They're all expecting me, and that's one thing I know,
My Savior pardoned me and now I onward go;
I know He'll take me thro' tho' I am weak and poor,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore. [Chorus]

3 I have a loving Savior up in glory-land,
I don't expect to stop until I with Him stand,
He's waiting now for me in heaven's open door,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore. [Chorus]

4 Just up in glory-land we'll live eternally,
The saints on every hand are shouting victory,
Their songs of sweetest praise drift back from heaven's shore,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore. [Chorus]



Source: Hymns of Faith #311

Author: Anonymous

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Notes

The lyrics were first published in Joyful Meeting in Glory Song Book No. 1" published in 1919. The author was not attributed. A. P. Carter of The Carter Family adapted the lyrics (first line: This world is not my home, I'm just a-passing through) and recorded the song in 1931. He claimed the copyright in 1931 on the lyrics and music; the copyright was renewed in 1958. Albert E. Brumley's version of the lyrics is taken from Carter's adaptation, with a few minor changes.

Dianne Shapiro, from Hymnology Archive by Chris Fenner (https://www.hymnologyarchive.com/cant-feel-at-home) (accessed 9/14/2023)

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Abiding Faith #121

America's Favorite Radio Songs #d112

Banner of Love Songs #d153

Best of All #d146

Bill Garrett's 1951 Special Sacred Songs #24

Christian Hymnsongs #4

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #526

Church Hymnal #394a

Crowning Harmony #d110

Crusade Songs "Designed" for Revival Campaigns #d75

Encore #d175

Favorite Radio Songs #d174

Gems of Devotion #66

Gospel Quartet Music No. 1 #d116

Gospel Quartets #d157

Hymns by the Western Stars #3

Text

Hymns of Faith #311

Text

Joyful Meeting in Glory Song Book No.1 #d93

Let Us Sing #d97

Let's just Praise the Lord (Music Edition) #40

My Soul at Song #d112

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #123

New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 #d235

New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #d238

Old Fashioned Gospel Songs No. 1 #24

Old Fashioned Revival Hour Songs #4

Audio

Old Time Glory #64

Old Time Revival #64

Pentecostal Jewels #32

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #684

Quartet Song Book No. 10 #d90

Radio and Revival Special for Use in Radio Programs, Revivals, Camp Meetings, Conventions ... #d130

Radio Favorites #1

Rejoice Hymns #708

Revival Message #65

Sacred Memories for Occasions of Reverence #d104

Sacred Selections for the Church #361

Sentimental Songs #d126

Singing Joy #121

Songs of Inspiration #123

Songs of Salvation #d110

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Songs of Summerland #161

Songs Of The Church #545

Three Hundred Country Chapel Songs and Hymns #d231

Universal Songs and Hymns, a complete hymnal #4

Waves of Joy #d127

World Wide Church Songs #16

Youth Sings #d32

Youth Sings #111

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