I Will Trade the Old Cross for a Crown

I shall not bear the cross through yon city

When the burdens of life I lay down

When I knock on the portals of heaven

I will trade the old cross for a crown

Though the cross often times has been heavy

And all fortune on me begins to frown

But how happy I’ll be over yonder

When I trade the old cross for a crown

And I will trade the old cross for a crown

When the burdens of life I lay down

When those pearly gates for me shall swing open

I will trade the old cross for a crown

Every cross that I bear for my Savior

Will at last one day when He calls me lay down

And all my sorrow will then be forgotten

And that’s when I’ll trade the old cross for a crown

And I will trade the old cross for a crown

When the burdens of life I lay down

When those pearly gates for me shall swing open

I will trade the old cross for a crown