206
Face to Face
Verse 1
Face to face with Christ my Savior,
Face to face, what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ, who died for me?
Face to face, what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ, who died for me?
Refrain
Face to face shall I behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory
I shall see Him by and by!
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory
I shall see Him by and by!
Verse 2
Only faintly now I see Him,
With the darkening veil between
But a blessed day is coming,
When His glory shall be seen.
With the darkening veil between
But a blessed day is coming,
When His glory shall be seen.
Verse 3
What rejoicing in His presence,
When are banished grief and pain;
When the crooked ways are straightened,
And the dark things shall be plain!
When are banished grief and pain;
When the crooked ways are straightened,
And the dark things shall be plain!
Verse 4
Face to face! Oh, blissful moment!
Face to face to see and know;
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ, who loves me so.
Face to face to see and know;
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ, who loves me so.
Cushman's hymn expresses the believer's anticipation of standing before God face to face in the future kingdom.