The Old Story in Song ‎#31

31. 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,
Ripen’d fruit, not faded leaves,
When I see the blessed Saviour face to face?

3 When the books are open’d 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, “Well done,
Take the crown that Love immortal doth bestow.”

Text Information

• First Line: Will I empty-handed be
• Title: Will I Empty-Handed Be?
• Author: Rev. Neal A. McAulay
• Publication Date: 1906
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Will I empty-handed be]
• Composer: John P. Hillis
• Notes: Public Domain.