Scripture Verse

When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 1 Peter 5:4

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Frank­lin L. Ei­land, 1895 (🔊 pdf nwc). Ap­peared in The Song Feast No. 1, ed­it­ed by F. L. Ei­land & Em­mett S. Dean (Wa­co, Tex­as: Trio Mu­sic, 1899).

Leaving the home of a friend whom my com­pan­ion and I in other days had vis­it­ed, look­ing back up­on the house (the cross) and thence to the sun (the crown) just peep­ing up from be­hind the east­ern hills in all of its brill­ian­cy and splen­dor, this ti­tle was sug­gest­ed.

Franklin Ei­land
Carlton, Tex­­as
Sep­tem­ber 10, 1895

portrait
Franklin Eiland
(1860–1909)

Lyrics

Look away from the cross,
To the glit­ter­ing crown,
From your cares, wea­ry one, look away;
There’s a home for the soul
Where no sor­row can come,
And where plea­sures will ne­ver de­cay.

Refrain

Look away, look away,
From the cross to the glit­ter­ing crown,
Look away, look away,
From the cross to the glit­tering crown.

Tho’ the bur­dens of life
May be he­avy to bear,
And your cross­es and trials se­vere,
There’s a beau­tiful hand
That is beck­on­ing Come,
And no heart­aches and sigh­ings are there.

Refrain

’Mid the con­flicts, the bat­tles,
The strug­gles and strife,
Bravely on­ward your jou­rney pur­sue;
Look away from the cross
To the glit­ter­ing crown
That’s await­ing in Hea­ven for you.

Refrain