May I Be a Jewel

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.

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.

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.