When the day of days shall come,
And our Lord re­turns again—
Comes in clouds of shin­ing glo­ry
All His faith­ful ones to claim—
When the vic­to­ry is gained,
And we lay our tro­phies down,
May I be a lit­tle jew­el
In the bless­èd Sav­ior’s crown.

Refrain

I will be a loy­al sol­dier,
Tho’ the world may scoff and frown;
Only let me be a jew­el
In the bless­èd Sav­ior’s crown.

Here my light may not be seen
By the care­less world­ly throng,
And they may be few who list­en
As I sing my hap­py song;
But when an­gels for His own
Come the part­ed skies adown,
I would be a shin­ing jew­el
In the bless­èd Sav­ior’s crown.

Refrain

In the Bi­ble I have read
How His peo­ple then shall shine,
As the flash­ing stars of Hea­ven
Midst the glo­ry light di­vine.
If among the wise I work,
Seeking souls to gain re­nown,
I shall be a pre­cious jew­el
In the bless­èd Sav­ior’s crown.

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