Refrain:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
As a child I stood on an old wooden pew,
In a little white church there at Fifth and Seventeenth,
Pastor Young would say, “Take your hands and praise,
And let’s sing a song on page 53.”
Then Mama would play the song.
Refrain:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
From Sabbath School to MV,
Praises rained over me,
As we worshipped a man from Galilee,
That old pulpit displayed a picture of His face
That I gazed upon the whole Sabbath School.
Refrain:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of this world will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
There He was staring down,
His head with thorns for a crown,
In a frame just above the baptismal pool,
With the innocence of a child my eyes followed His smile,
As we invited all into that stream.
Refrain:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full into His wonderful face,
The things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
