1 Here we have many trials and troubles each day,
And the burdens of life how we long to lay down;
But the cross that we bear, we'll not have it up there
We'll exchange the old cross for a crown.
Refrain:
We'll exchange the old cross for a crown,
When life's burdens and cares are laid down!
When before Him we stand—
Have a place at His right hand,
We'll exchange the old cross for a crown.
2 In that home of the soul, where from labor we rest,
Never more disappointments our hopes there will drown;
If we patiently bear, ev'ry cross while we're here,
We'll exchange the old cross for a crown. [Refrain]
3 Tho' the burdens are heavy, the load hard to bear,
And our friends are but few in the world no renown;
In that city of gold, where we'll never grow old,
We'll exchange the old cross for a crown. [Refrain]
4 Oh, the joy we shall kown, when our days work is done!
And the burdens we're borne nevermore weigh us down;
In that home of delight, where there cometh no night,
We'll exchange the old cross for a crown. [Refrain]
Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #3
Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music.
Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899.
He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory.
He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >
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