Gathering Jewels

Jewel ga­ther­ers for a crown

Know ye not that ma­ny a gem

Now in dark­ness tram­pled down

Might be­deck a dia­dem?

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.

Gems by cru­el hands de­faced

Pearls in hea­then sha­dows dim

Brilliants scat­tered in the waste

We must ga­ther up for Him.

With His blood washed white and pure

Graven with His name di­vine

These our jew­els shall en­dure

When the stars shall cease to shine.

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.