Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Henry Ostrom (1862–1941)

Words: Hen­ry Os­trom, 1910. This song made its first pub­lic ap­pear­ance at a con­fer­ence of the Sie­bert Unit­ed Ev­an­gel­ic­al Church, Al­len­town, Penn­syl­van­ia. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as George Wal­ter Whit­comb, Ostrom’s pseu­do­nym.

Music: Charles H. Marsh (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Jesus may come to­day
Glad day, glad day!
And I would see my friend;
Dangers and trou­bles would end
If Je­sus should come to­day.

Refrain

Glad day, glad day!
Is it the crown­ing day?
I’ll live for to­day, nor anx­ious be;
Jesus, my Lord I soon shall see.
Glad day, glad day!
Is it the crown­ing day?

I may go home to­day
Glad day, glad day!
Seemeth I hear their song;
Hail to the ra­di­ant throng!
If I should go home to­day.

Refrain

Why should I anx­ious be?
Glad day, glad day!
Lights ap­pear on the shore,
Storms will af­fright nev­er­more,
For He is at hand to­day.

Refrain

Faithful I’ll be to­day,
Glad day, glad day!
And I will free­ly tell
Why I should love Him so well,
For He is my all to­day.

Refrain