Face to Face

Face to Face

Text written in 1898 by Mrs. Frank A Breck (1855-1934)

Tune composed in 1898 by Grant Colfax Tullar (1869-1950)

Face to Face

Revelation 22:4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 

V. 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?

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!

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 

V. 2 Only faintly now I see Him,

With the darkening veil between,

But a blessed day is coming,

When His glory shall be seen.

Refrain

V. 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!

Refrain

Revelation 1:5 ...and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,...

V. 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.

Refrain

O Zion, Haste

O Zion, Haste

Text written in 1871 by Mary A. Thomson (1834-1923)

Sung to TIDINGS, composed in 1875 by James Walch (1837-1901)

O Zion, Haste

Isaiah 40:9 You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.

You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 

V. 1 O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling,

To tell to all the world that God is light;

That He who made all nations is not willing

One soul should perish, lost in shades of night.

Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Refrain: Publish glad tidings,

Tidings of peace,

Tidings of Jesus,

Redemption and release.

Acts 17:28 For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, "We are his offspring."

Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 

V. 2 Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation

That God, in whom they live and move, is love;

Tell how He stooped to save His lost creation,

And died on earth that man might live above.

Refrain

Luke 10:35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. "Look after him," he said, "and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have."

V. 3 Give of thy sons to bear the message glorious;

Give of thy wealth to speed them on their way;

Pour out thy soul for them in prayer victorious;

And all thou spendest Jesus will repay.

Refrain

V. 4 He comes again; O Zion, ere thou meet Him,

Make known to every heart His saving grace;

Let none whom He hath ransomed fail to greet Him,

Through thy neglect, unfit to see His face.

Refrain

A Song of Heaven and Homeland

A Song of Heaven and Homeland

Text written by E. E. Rexford (1848-1916)

Tune composed by Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)

V. 1 Sometimes I hear strange music,

Like none e'er heard before,

Come floating softly earthward

As thro' heav'n's open door:

It seems like angel voices,

In strains of joy and love,

That swell the mighty chorus

Around the throne above.

Refrain: O sweet, celestial music,

Heard from a land afar--

The song of Heav'n and Homeland,

Thro' doors God leaves ajar!

V. 2 Now soft, and low, and restful,

It floods my soul with peace,

As if God's benediction 

Bade all earth's troubles cease.

Then grander than the voices,

Of wind, and wave, and sea--

It fills the dome of heaven

With glorious harmony.

Refrain

Isaiah 35:10 ...and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

V. 3 This music haunts me ever,

Like something heard in dreams--

It seems to catch the cadence

Of heav'nly winds and streams.

My heart is filled with rapture,

To think, some day to come,

I'll sing it with the angels--

The song of heav'n and home.

I Heard the Voice of Jesus

I Heard the Voice of Jesus

Text written by Horatius Bonar

Sung to KINGSFOLD, melody collected by Lucy Broadwood and arranged by Ralph Vaughan Willians (1872-1958)

Isaiah 32:18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes,

in undisturbed places of rest.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

V. 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say,

"Come unto Me and rest;

Lay down, thou weary one, lay down 

Thy head upon My breast."

I came to Jesus as I was,

Weary and worn and sad;

I found in Him a resting place,

And He has made me glad.

John 4:14 ...but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

V. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,

"Behold, I freely give

The living water; thirsty one,

Stoop down and drink and live."

I came to Jesus, and I drank

Of that life-giving stream;

My thirst was quench'd, my soul revived,

And now I live in Him.

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

V. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say,

"I am this dark world's light;

Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise,

And all thy day be bright."

I looked to Jesus, and I found

In Him my star, my sun;

And in that light of life I'll walk,

Till trav'ling days are done.

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Text written in 1872 by Elizabeth C. Clephane (1830-1869)

Sung to ST. CHRISTOPHER, composed in 1881 by Frederick C. Maker (1844-1927)

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Isaiah 32:2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

V. 1 Beneath the cross of Jesus

I fain would take my stand,

The shadow of a mighty rock

Within a weary land;

A home within the wilderness,

A rest upon the way,

From the burning of the noontide heat,

And the burden of the day.

Matthew 27:36 And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

V. 2 Upon that cross of Jesus

Mine eye at times can see

The very dying form of One

Who suffered there for me;

And from my smitten heart with tears

Two wonders I confess:

The wonders of redeeming love

And my unworthiness.

Galatians 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 

V. 3 I take, O cross, they shadow

For my abiding place;

I ask no other sunshine than

The sunshine of His face;

Content to let the world go by,

To know no gain nor loss,

My sinful self my only shame,

My glory all the cross.

The Spacious Firmament

The Spacious Firmament

Text written in 1712 by Joseph Addison

Sung to CREATION, arranged in 1798 from Franz Joseph Haydn

The Spacious Firmament

Psalm 19:1, 4 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands....Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

V. 1 The spacious firmament on high,

With all the blue, ethereal sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,

Their great Original proclaim.

Th' unwearied sun from day to day

Does his Creator's power display,

And publishes to every land

The work of an almighty hand.

V. 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail,

The moon takes up the wondrous tale;

And nightly to the listening earth

Repeats the story of her birth;

While all the stars that round her burn,

And all the planets in their turn,

Confirm the tidings as they roll,

And spread the truth from pole to pole.

Psalm 19:3 They have no speech, they use no words;

no sound is heard from them.

V. 3 What though in solemn silence all

Move round the dark terrestrial ball?

What though no real voice nor sound

Amid their radiant orbs be found?

In reason's ear they all rejoice 

And utter forth a glorious voice,

Forever singing as they shine,

"The hand that made us is divine."

My Maker and My King

My Maker and My King

Text written by Anne Steele (1716-1778)

Sung to EL KADER, unknown source

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.

Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 

V. 1 My Maker and My King,

To Thee my all I owe;

Thy sovereign bounty is the spring

Whence all my blessings flow;

Thy sovereign bounty is the spring

Whence all my blessings flow.

V. 2 The creature of Thy hand,

On Thee alone I live;

My God, Thy benefits demand

More praise than I can give.

My God, Thy benefits demand

More praise than I can give.

V. 3 Lord, what can I impart

When all is Thine before?

Thy love demands a thankful heart;

The gift, alas! how poor.

Thy love demands a thankful heart;

The gift, alas! how poor.

V. 4 O! let Thy grace inspire

My soul with strength divine;

Let every word and each desire

And all my days be Thine.

Let every word and each desire

And all my days be Thine.