Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: A crown of glory bright
Topic: Heaven
Writer: L Jameson
Composer: J Evans
Meter: SM with chorus
Tune: Nearer My Home
Hymn Number: 587
Page Number: 219, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA CROWN of glory bright,
By eyes of faith I see,
In realms of uncreated light,
Laid up in heaven for me. CHORUS
CHORUS
I'm nearer my home, nearer my home,
Nearer my home to-day;
Yes, nearer my home in heaven to-day
Than ever I've been before.
O may I faithful prove,
And keep that crown in view,
Sustained by faith and hope and love,
My heavenward way pursue. CHORUS
Jesus, be thou my guide;
My every step attend;
By day and night, be near my side,
And keep me to the end. CHORUS
Be thou my hiding-place,
My ever-present guard;
And help me, by thy sovereign grace,
To reach my great reward. CHORUS