O the Crown (EN 5648)

1

Weary gleaner in the field, poor or plenty be the yield,

Labor on for the Master, nothing fearing,

There’s a promise of reward, at the coming of the Lord,

Unto all them that love His appearing.

O the crown, the glory crown,

O the day, the happy day is nearing,

When the crown of rich reward

Shall be given by the Lord,

Unto all them that love His appearing.

2

Jesus now has gone above to complete His work of love;

His return, day by day, is surely nearing,

When His own He will receive, and a welcome He will give,

Unto all them that love His appearing.

3

O how light will seem the grief, and the toilsome way how brief,

When a crown in the glory we are wearing,

O the rapture who can tell, as forevermore we dwell,

With redeemed ones that loved His appearing.