Jewel ga­ther­ers for a crown,
Know ye not that ma­ny a gem
Now in dark­ness tram­pled down,
Might be­deck a dia­dem?

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Gathering jew­els, pre­cious je­wels,
Blood bought souls we seek to bring:
Gathering je­wels, pre­cious jew­els,
For the crown of Christ our king.

Souls for whom the Sav­ior died,
Souls en­wrapped in sinful night,
Go and seek them far and wide,
They will glit­ter in His sight.

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Gems by cru­el hands de­faced,
Pearls in hea­then sha­dows dim,
Brilliants scat­tered in the waste,
We must ga­ther up for Him.

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With His blood washed white and pure,
Graven with His name di­vine,
These our jew­els shall en­dure,
When the stars shall cease to shine.

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Then our work shall be com­plete,
Then we’ll lay our of­fer­ings down,
We will lay them at His feet,
He will lift them to His crown.

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