10611. Will I Empty Handed Be?

1 Will I empty handed be
When beside the crystal sea
I shall stand before the everlasting throne?
Must I have a heart of shame
As I answer to my name,
With no works that my Redeemer there can own?

2 When the harvest days are past,
Shall I hear Him say at last,
"Welcome, toiler, I’ve prepared for thee a place"?
Shall I bring Him golden sheaves,
Ripened fruit, not faded leaves,
When I see the blessèd Savior face to face?

3 When the books are opened wide,
And the deeds of all are tried,
May I have a record whiter than the snow?
When my race on earth is run,
May I hear Him say, "Welcome,
Take the crown that Love immortal doth bestow"?

Text Information
First Line: Will I empty handed be
Title: Will I Empty Handed Be?
Author: Neal A. McAulay
Language: English
Source: The "Old Story" in Song by Arthurs W. Magann, William J. Kirkpatrick, and Henry L. Gilmour (Philadelphia: Praise Publishing Company, 1906)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Will I empty handed be]
Composer: John P. Hillis
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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