The phrase "Thy face" resonates through 14 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Thy face
...Is thy heart oppressed with sorrow?
Lift thy face to the light;
Dost thou dread a dark tomorrow?...
Is thy heart oppressed with sorrow?
Lift thy face to the light;
Dost thou dread a dark tomorrow?
...How sweet, O Lord, Thy word of grace
Which bids a sinner seek Thy face,
And never seek in vain,...
How sweet, O Lord, Thy word of grace
Which bids a sinner seek Thy face,
And never seek in vain,
...To meet the bold tempter, go, fearlessly go,
Then stand like the brave, with thy face to the foe.
Stand like the brave, stand like the brave,...
To meet the bold tempter, go, fearlessly go,
Then stand like the brave, with thy face to the foe.
Stand like the brave, stand like the brave,
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Lord, ’tis Thy face for which I pine;
Come, open wide these eyes of mine;...
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Lord, ’tis Thy face for which I pine;
Come, open wide these eyes of mine;
...O happy place! When shall I be,
My God, with Thee, to see Thy face?
Thy walls, sweet city, thine,...
O happy place! When shall I be,
My God, with Thee, to see Thy face?
Thy walls, sweet city, thine,
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Hide not Thy face from me, O Lord,
Dark was the path dark that I have trod;...
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Hide not Thy face from me, O Lord,
Dark was the path dark that I have trod;
...Of the universe, Thy home,
Gather us, who seek Thy face,
To the fold of Thy embrace,...
Of the universe, Thy home,
Gather us, who seek Thy face,
To the fold of Thy embrace,
...My answering heart replied,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek
Above all else beside....
My answering heart replied,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek
Above all else beside.
...Who leadest like a flock Thine Israel dear,
From out the cherubim reveal Thy face,
Before our host now let Thy might appear....
Who leadest like a flock Thine Israel dear,
From out the cherubim reveal Thy face,
Before our host now let Thy might appear.
...Till we, in victory displayed,
Thy face in glory see.
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Till we, in victory displayed,
Thy face in glory see.
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...And visited and cheered.
Thy face with reverence and with love
We in Thy poor would see;...
And visited and cheered.
Thy face with reverence and with love
We in Thy poor would see;
...Has justice for its cornerstone,
And shining bright before Thy face
Are truth and love and boundless grace....
Has justice for its cornerstone,
And shining bright before Thy face
Are truth and love and boundless grace.
...My heart and lips their answer speak,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Hide not Thy face from me,...
My heart and lips their answer speak,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Hide not Thy face from me,
...And we shall be saved
When Thy face shines once more.
O haste, Lord, to hear us...
And we shall be saved
When Thy face shines once more.
O haste, Lord, to hear us
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