Verse 1
A crown of righteousness
There is laid up for me,
Who keep the faith, and win the race,
And get the victory:
The judge of all is just
His saints to glorify,
To save who in his promise trust,
And in his favour die.

Verse 2
When shall the judge descend,
And fix his kingdom here!
With vehement love we still attend
To see our Lord appear,
With languishing desire,
We long our head to own,
Incircled by his angel-quire,
High on his azure throne.

Verse 3
O King of saints, come down
In dazling majesty,
Thy suffering witnesses to crown,
Who share thy cross with thee:
Thou promisest to give
The crown at that glad day
To all who lovingly believe,
And for thy coming stay.

Verse 4
The name, the cross we love
Of our exalted friend,
And still, to meet thee from above,
Our hearts to heaven we send:
And when thou dost appear,
Thou wilt the kingdom give,
And all thy fellow-sufferers here
Into thy joy receive.