O I Want To See Him
- Words:
- R. H. Cornelius
- Music:
- R. H. Cornelius
Sheet music
- 1As I journey thro’ the land, singing as I go,Pointing souls to Calvary, to the crimson flowMany arrows pierce my soul from without, within;But my Lord leads me on, thru Him I must win.O I want to see Him, look upon His face,There to sing forever of His saving grace; (His saving grace;)On the streets of glory let me lift my voice,Cares all past, home at last, ever to rejoice.
- 2When in service for my Lord dark may be the night,But I’ll cling more close to Him,He will give me light;Satan’s snares may vex my soul, turn my tho’ts aside;But my Lord goes ahead, leads whate’er betide.O I want to see Him, look upon His face,There to sing forever of His saving grace; (His saving grace;)On the streets of glory let me lift my voice,Cares all past, home at last, ever to rejoice.
- 3When in valleys low I look t’ward the mountain height,And behold my Savior there, leading in the fight;With a tender hand outstretched t’owrd the valleys low,Guiding me, I can see, as I onward go.O I want to see Him, look upon His face,There to sing forever of His saving grace; (His saving grace;)On the streets of glory let me lift my voice,Cares all past, home at last, ever to rejoice.
- 4When before me billows rise form the mighty deep,Then my Lord directs my bark,He doth safely keep;And He leads me gently on thru this world below,He’s a real Friend to me,O I love Him so.O I want to see Him, look upon His face,There to sing forever of His saving grace; (His saving grace;)On the streets of glory let me lift my voice,Cares all past, home at last, ever to rejoice.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1916, the words are in 125 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.