Posted on March 10, 2014 by Eliece Rybak
The hymn says….”Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace.” (By Helen H. Lemmel, 1864-1961) Helen was inspired by a gospel tract that said:
” So then, turn your eyes upon Him, look full into His face and you will find that the things of earth will acquire a strange new dimness.”
She wrote:
“O soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see?
There’s a light for a look at the Savior, And life more abundant and free.
His Word shall not fail you—He promised; Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying, His perfect salvation to tell!”
She wrote:
I always use this hymn as a foundation for personal worship. As my “heart and spirit sees” the face of my Savior Jesus, and grasps hold of the truth that He can take any burden, heal any pain, dry any tear…. then the things of this life that weigh heavy on me ….become very dim and loose their “grip” on my being. It is the face of the Lamb of God that took away the sins of the world. He conquered sin, death, pain, and sorrow. He is the victory (1 Cor. 15: 50-58).
But I note here that if we have our eyes on Jesus, we will also see the Lost…the ones that do not yet know the Savior. May this hymn inspire us to “go to the world that is dying” with the message of our Savior.
Note: One of the hymnals of Helen Lemmel was used by the Evangelist Billy Sunday. She also was a vocal music teacher at The Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago.
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