LAYING MY TREASURE UP THERE

Laying my treasure up there 

1.

On the mountain of Zion beyond the blue sky,

Stands a city so wondrous and fair;

I expect to depart for that land, by and by,

For I'm laying my treasure up there.

Refrain:

I am laying my treasure up there, up there,

In that beautiful city so fair;

When its glories unfold

I'll have riches untold,

For I'm laying my treasure up there.

2.

There's a mansion awaiting God's people, I'm told,

Which the Savior has gone to prepare;

There the walls are of jasper, the streets are of gold,

I am laying my treasure up there. 

Refrain:

I am laying my treasure up there, up there,

In that beautiful city so fair;

When its glories unfold

I'll have riches untold,

For I'm laying my treasure up there.

3.

All the love of my heart, and my soul, mind and strength,

And the work that with Jesus I share,

Are but some of the riches I'll find there at length,

For I'm laying my treasure up there. 

Refrain:

I am laying my treasure up there, up there,

In that beautiful city so fair;

When its glories unfold

I'll have riches untold,

For I'm laying my treasure up there.

4.

So altho' a poor pilgrim on earth I may roam,

Ever constant in watching and prayer,

Soon I'll hear the glad summons to start for my home,

For I'm laying my treasure up there. 

Refrain:

I am laying my treasure up there, up there,

In that beautiful city so fair;

When its glories unfold

I'll have riches untold,

For I'm laying my treasure up there.