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Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: What is the crown that saints shall wear Refrain First Line: A precious crown! a glorious crown!

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[What is the crown that saints shall wear]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. J. K. Hymnal Title: The Ark of Praise Incipit: 56515 65256 53432 Used With Text: A Precious Crown

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A Precious Crown

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: The Ark of Praise #35 (1882) Hymnal Title: The Ark of Praise First Line: What is the crown that saints shall wear Lyrics: 1 What is the crown that saints shall wear, When thorny paths are ended? God’s name upon each forehead fair Shall shine, a token splendid. Refrain: A precious crown! a glorious crown! A crown that fadeth never! Who bears his name, come loss or shame, Shall wear this crown forever. 2 Fade, fade ye wreaths of earth’s renown, Grow pale, ye star-flames gleaming, His saints shall wear a brighter crown, In endless glory beaming. [Refrain] 3 And shall these brows be brightly crowned That once with pain were aching, Or wrinkled with cares toilsome round, Or pale with mute heart-breaking. [Refrain] 4 Then smooth the weary bands of care, Refrain thine eyes from weeping, This is the crown that saints shall wear, The crown that Christ is keeping. [Refrain] Tune Title: [What is the crown that saints shall wear]

A Precious Crown

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: The Quartet #367 (1884) Hymnal Title: The Quartet First Line: What is the crown that saints shall wear Refrain First Line: A precious crown! a glorious crown! Languages: English Tune Title: [What is the crown that saints shall wear]

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "A Precious Crown" Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Hymnal Title: The Ark of Praise Composer of "[What is the crown that saints shall wear]" in The Ark of Praise William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman