Scripture Verse

Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8

Introduction

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J. Wilbur Chapman (1859–1918)

Words: J. Wil­bur Chap­man, 1894. Ap­peared in Hymns of the Se­cond Com­ing of Our Lord Je­sus Christ, ed­it­ed by Bai­lie Brown & Pe­ter Bil­horn (Chi­ca­go, Ill­inois: Bil­horn Bro­thers, 1911), num­ber 76.

Music: Ka­lin­in­grad Pe­ter P. Bil­horn (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Peter P. Bilhorn (1865–1936)

Lyrics

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There’s a full re­ward await­ing us in glo­ry;
’Tis for ser­vice giv­en un­to God’s dear Son;
It will make the joys of Heav­en all the bright­er;
We’ll re­ceive it when the vic­to­ry is won.

Refrain

Crown of life, and crown of glo­ry,
Crown of right­eous­ness and joy,
Crown un­fad­ing, full of splen­dor,
And to see Him by and by.

There’s a crown of life for hum­ble ser­vice ren­dered;
There’s a crown un­fad­ing giv­en for our zeal,
Crowns of joy and glo­ry for the hosts un­num­bered,
And thro’ faith we all may have them if we will.

Refrain

But to sit with Je­sus in His co­ro­na­tion,
Will be bet­ter than to wear the crowns ab­ove,
So we’ll cast them at His feet in ado­ra­tion;
’Twill be Heav­en just to real­ize His love.

Refrain