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O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free.
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.
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Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
O’er us sin no more hath dominion
For more than conqu’rors we are!
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.
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His Word shall not fail you, He promised;
Believe Him and all will be well;
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!
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.
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Mar 2 2025
Sampson Hodor
Sokode Ando, Ghana
I didn't quite recall when I last hammed the hymn but while my Pastor was preaching on the theme "fix your thoughts on Jesus", this hymn sprung out into my consciousness. "Turn your eyes upon Jesus"... What more do we loose when we fail to heed this call.
As I reflect on my personal woes and hardship in a foreign country now, and with tears welled up in my eyes, I am reminded of the absolute power of Jesus when I focus my thoughts on Him. Helps me, and every one else, Oh Lord, that we can fix our eyes on you alone.
Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus.
Mar 1 2025
Maria L
Fremont, California, United States
As we practice losing our soul-life in this age and go through sufferings and trials, the proving of our faith is being found unto praise, glory, and honor, and this will result in the receiving the end of our faith – the salvation of our souls. Hallelujah, what a sweet promise! 😀
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.
Feb 22 2025
Earnestine Thomas-Natache
Port St. Lucie, FL, United States
Turn your eyes upon Jesus is one of my most beloved songs, and always a go to. The song is very moving and pierces my heart every time, and keeps me grounded in the love of the Lord. I ponder this song over and over in my heart, and I am so thankful for the invitation to, “turn my eyes upon Jesus”.
Feb 9 2025
Julia Fults
Coos Bay, OR, United States
Hebrews 12:2 NKJV
"looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Feb 8 2025
Serving One
Cerritos, CA, United States
I love this song!
Jan 1 2025
Vincent Shava
Harare, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
I was looking for a song to send to a friend who lost her husband about 9 months ago and I remembered this song we sang during Bible Study Fellowship and I found it very appropriate because when we turn our eyes upon Jesus indeed we become more focused on Him than what appears to take us down
It remains one of my most favourite songs and I have been inspired as I went through the messages
God bless us All in this dying world and in the year 2025
Nov 9 2024
James
Athol, Idaho, United States
Such an awesome song made even more wonderful by the story behind it of Helen reading an essay by I. Lillian Trotter called "focuss" (yes, with two s's) for which the chorus is derived.
"How do we bring things to a focus in the world of optics? Not by looking at the things to be dropped, but by looking at the one point that is to be brought out.
Turn full your soul’s vision to Jesus, and look and look at Him, and a strange dimness will come over all that is apart from Him, and the Divine “attrait” by which God’s saints are made, even in this 20th century, will lay hold of you. For “He is worthy” to have all there is to be had in the heart that He has died to win.
I. Lilias Trotter
There are a couple very short books by I. Lilias Trotter worth the read to see deeper into living life in Christ, "Parables of the Cross" and "Parables of the Christ-life" for which the words of this hymn touch so beautifully.
Nov 2 2024
Ezzie
His word shall not fail you he promised believe him and all will be well then go to a world that is dying his perfect salvation to tell. This stanza really struck me by telling me that his word is perfect salvation and we should go preach his word to a dying world. This means we must share the gospel of the Lord to everyone around us. We are in an age of lawlessness and in a dying world. We need to save this world and bring everyone in it out of satan and darkness and into the kingdom of the Lord!
Oct 27 2024
Jane
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Thank you for all of the comments people took the time to write. Before I became a Christian, while learning to play the guitar, a Christian friend taught me to play this song. The words seeped into my soul. The ‘things of earth’ challenge all of the time but can ‘grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace’.
Oct 5 2024
Mark E Reed
Bicknell, IN, United States
We encounter storms in our lives - literally and figuratively. Jesus used storms in his parable of the wise and foolish builders (Matt. 7) to illustrate the storms do not determine our outcome but whether we have heard and practiced His Word. Storms come to all but how we respond, determines whether we emerge stronger, more resilient, more committed to Him or shattered, destroyed, defeated. The foolish man built his house on sand and the storm revealed his folly. Some of us lived empty lives and experienced empty relationships that failed to endure because they were founded on inferior and fleeting things rather than grounded on the eternal Rock. Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in his wonderful face, And the "storms" of life will grow strangely dim, In the light of his glory and grace." I want my heart to be established firmly upon Him. I want to focus on him. Live for Him. Glorify Him. Lift up His lovely Name. And put off everything that is inconsistent with His character and Word. Life is not easy. John 16:33 tells us the truth about pressures and trials in this life. Take heart brothers and sisters! He has overcome the world and we belong to an eternal Kingdom.
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For Fellowship with the Lord
Helen Howarth Lemmel
Helen Howarth Lemmel
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9.8.9.8. with chorus.
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