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I Know I'll See Jesus Some Day

Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soul

Author: Avis B. Christiansen (1921)
Tune: [Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soul]
CCLI Number: 364422
Published in 18 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soul—
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!
Then what if the dark clouds of sin o’er me roll,
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!

Refrain
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!
What a joy it will be
When His face I shall see,
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!

2. Though I must travel by faith, not by sight,
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!
No evil can harm me, no foe can affright—
I know I’ll see Jesus some day! [Refrain]

3. Darkness is gath’ring, but hope shines within,
I know I’ll see Jesus some day!
What joy when He comes to wipe out ev’ry sin;
I know I’ll see Jesus some day! [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #2849

Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soul
Title: I Know I'll See Jesus Some Day
Author: Avis B. Christiansen (1921)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I know I'll see Jesus some day!
Copyright: © 1993 Singspiration Music/Brentwood Benson Publishing, admin. by CopyCare

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2849
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Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Complete Mission Praise #277

Redemption Hymnal #767

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The Cyber Hymnal #2849

Include 15 pre-1979 instances
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