I Met Jesus, Face to Face

 

Anon

 

I had walked life’s way with an easy tread

I had followed where comfort and pleasure led;

Until one day in a quiet place (just like this)

I met Jesus, face to face.

 

With station and rank and wealth for my goal,

Much thought for my body, but none for my soul,

I had entered to win in life’s mad race

When I met Jesus , face to face.

 

I met Him, and knew Him, and blushed to see

That His eyes full of sorrow were fixed on me

And I stumbled and fell at His feet that day,

As my castles just melted and vanished away.

 

They melted, and vanished, and in their place

I saw nothing else but His face,

And I cried aloud, ‘Lord Jesus, make me meet

To follow the steps of Thy wounded feet!’

 

My thought is now for the souls of men,

Because I lost my life to find it again;

That day when in a quiet place (just like this)

I met Jesus, face to face.

 

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