Scripture Verse

Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Matthew 6:20

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Ed­ward C. Deas, 1921 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Deas (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

I’ve a bank­ing house up in glo­ry,
And I’m bank­ing ev­ery day;
My se­cu­ri­ties are in vaults on high
Which ne­ver can de­cay.

Refrain

I have a great big in­te­rest in the glo­ry land,
Over on the oth­er shore;
I’ve a man­sion there that is great and grand,
Where I’ll live for­ev­er­more;
And then my mo­ther wait­ing ov­er there for me,
Holds an­oth­er heav’n­ly share;
So that I can live eter­nal­ly
On the trea­sures I have there.

I’m in­vest­ing ov­er in Beu­lah,
And my stocks sur­pass pure gold;
I am rat­ed there with the saints of God,
Whose rich­es are un­told.

Refrain

I’m a joint heir now, with my Sav­ior,
To the king­dom up on high;
Soon I’ll go to join in a part­ner­ship,
Where plea­sures ne­ver die.

Refrain