Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

Words: Maud Fra­ser, in Al­ex­an­der’s Songs of the Gos­pel No. 1, ed­it­ed by Charles M. Al­ex­an­der (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1909).

Music: Ro­bert Hark­ness (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Robert Harkness (1880–1961)

Lyrics

Satisfied my highest longing,
Earthly griefs as naught shall be,
When I wake with Christ in glo­ry,
When His face I see.

Refrain

When His face I see,
When His face I see,
Oh, the joy for me awaiting,
When His face I see.

Human mind cannot conceive it,
My Re­deem­er’s face so fair;
But I know they need no sunshine,
But His smile up there.

Refrain

Tho’ ofttimes the way He leadeth,
Is a way of mystery;
There shall be no more of darkness
When His face I see.

Refrain

Here my tongue can ne­ver utter
All the praise within my heart;
There, in Hea­ven’s song of triumph,
I shall have a part.

Refrain