Scripture Verse

I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness. Psalm 17:15

Introduction

portrait
Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)

Words: Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar (1808–1889).

Music: Tho­mas C. Neal, in Jas­per and Gold, ed­it­ed by Tul­li­us C. O’Kane (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Hitch­cock & Wal­den, 1877), num­ber 68 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Neal (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

When I shall wake in that fair morn of morns,
After whose dawn­ing ne­ver night re­turns,
And with whose glo­ry day eter­nal burns,
I shall be sa­tis­fied.

Refrain

I shall be sa­tis­fied, I shall be sa­tis­fied,
I shall be sa­tis­fied, by and by.

When I shall see Thy glo­ry face to face,
When in Thine arms Thou wilt Thy child em­brace,
When Thou shalt op­en all Thy stores of grace,
I shall be sa­tis­fied.

Refrain

When I shall meet with those that I have loved,
Clasp in my ea­ger arms the long re­moved,
And find how faith­ful Thou to me hast proved,
I shall be sa­tis­fied.

Refrain

When I shall gaze up­on the face of Him
Who for me died, with eye no long­er dim,
And praise Him with the ev­er­last­ing hymn,
I shall be sa­tis­fied.

Refrain