Face to Face With Christ My Savior

lyrics by carrie e. breck, music by grant c. tullar

Face to Face Lyrics

 

Face to face with Christ, my Savior,
Face to face—what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ Who died for me?

 

Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!

 

Only faintly now I see Him,
With the darkened veil between,
But a blessèd day is coming,
When His glory shall be seen.

 

Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!

 

What rejoicing in His presence,
When are banished grief and pain;
When the crooked ways are straightened,
And the dark things shall be plain.

 

Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!

 

Face to face—oh, blissful moment!
Face to face—to see and know;
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ Who loves me so.

 

Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!

 

Face To Face Guitar Chords

 

A                            Bm     

Face to face with Christ, my Savior,

E                          A 

Face to face, what will it be

                      Bm   

When with rapture I behold Him,

      A          E7       A

Jesus Christ who died for me?

E                      A   

Face to face I shall behold Him,

E     A               E     

Far beyond the starry sky;

A                       Bm  

Face to face in all His glory,

        A       E7     A

I shall see Him by and by!

 

Scripture References

  • 1 Corinthians 13:12 - Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

The Story

 

Sometimes a hymn's music and words are written together by one person or as a close collaboration between the composer and lyricist. In other cases, it may be years before a poem's words become inexorably linked with the music it eventually becomes known by.

 

In the case of Face to Face With Christ, this now-classic hymn had to wait only one day for the words and lyrics to come together.

 

The year was 1898, and a series of evangelistic meetings was being held in Rutherford, New Jersey. In between services, the workers gathered in a pastor's home to grab a snack, including musician Grant Colfax Tullar.

 

The pastor and his wife knew how much Tullar liked a certain jelly, so they handed the almost-empty glass jar to him. Tullar grinned and said, "So, this is all for me, is it?"

 

That phrase inspired Tullar to go to the piano and compose the words and music to a new hymn. The words: "All for me the Savior suffered...all for me He bled and died".

 

That night the congregation sang this new hymn. While any great new hymn was met with excitement and eagerness, this particular hymn didn't necessarily generate huge excitement.

 

The very next day, Tullar received a letter from a Mrs. Frank Breck, who had written a number of poems she wished Tullar to write music for. One of them was entitled "Face to Face". The words fit the music Tullar had composed perfectly the day before. He immediately thought to himself, "These words convey a stronger message with my tune than my own. I'll use these, for I feel God will bless these words to many hears."

 

The hymn was printed that same year, and has gone on to be a favorite hymn of many around the world.

 

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