To the one who is victorious, I will give…a white stone with a new name written on it.
Revelation 2:17
Words: James Rowe, in Carol Crown, by James D. Vaughan et al. (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: James D. Vaughan, 1915), number 113.
Music: W. W. McGlamry (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know McGlamry’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one or Rowe,
If my soul be true until I see
My Savior on His throne,
O I wonder what my name will be
Engraved upon the stone?
Refrain
O what will be my name above,
If I am true and trust His love?
If I overcome by love divine,
His Gospel glad proclaim,
What uplifting rapture will be mine,
When I behold my name!
Refrain
I will follow Jesus to the end,
And His commandments heed;
On my help my Savior may depend,
For I that name would read.
Refrain
But I wonder what my name will be,
Engraved with perfect love;
It will make me fight for victory
Until I’m called above.
Refrain