When I Look in His Face

Tho’ the road may be rough where He leads me,
Still His footprints I plainly can trace,
And the trials I meet with seem nothing,
When I look in my dear Savior’s face.

Refrain

When I look in His face, His wonderful face,
In Heaven, that beautiful place!
All the hardships of earth will seem nothing,
When I look in my dear Savior’s face.

So I keep my eyes fixed upon Jesus,
While I’m running life’s wearisome race;
I’ll forget the hard pathway I traveled,
When I look in my dear Savior’s face.

Refrain

Tho’ the shadows around me may gather,
Safe I rest in my Lord’s “secret place.”
For I know there’ll be glorious sunshine,
When I look in my dear Savior’s face.

Refrain

Author: Unknown

No well-known author is associated with this hymn in common databases or hymnals. It appears in various early 20th-century collections (often linked to camp meeting or revival songbooks) without attribution or sometimes listed as anonymous/traditional. The style is consistent with many unattributed gospel songs of that era.