GHS 71 : I Want To See Jesus, Don’t You? Lyrics
GHS 71, “I Want To See Jesus, Don’t You?,” is a heaven hymn of warm, personal longing for the face of Christ. Where many heaven hymns focus on the streets of gold or the cessation of sorrow, this one keeps coming back to a single person: the Saviour who died for the singer, who draws near when weariness comes, who guards through the night, and who is preparing a place. The repeated question in the refrain, “don’t you?,” is not rhetorical but genuinely inviting, drawing the congregation into a shared longing that becomes its own form of worship.
This hymn appears as number 71 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa, and it is one of the most personally tender hymns in the collection.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 71: I Want To See Jesus, Don’t You?
- There is One loved me so that for me He died, He’s my dear, precious Saviour so true; On the cross for my sins He was crucified; I want to see Jesus, don’t you?
I want to see Jesus, don’t you? My Saviour so faithful and true; When I reach the strand of that love-bright land, O I want to see Jesus, don’t you?
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When I’m weary and faint He is always near, With His joy He my strength doth renew; And He comforts my heart, speaking words of cheer: I want to see Jesus, don’t you?
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Holy angels keep watch o’er me thro’ the night, And each morning He guards me anew; In the smile of His love doth my soul delight; I want to see Jesus, don’t you?
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He is fairer than lily or rose to me, And His blessings fall soft as the dew; O my heart, how it longs His dear face to see: I want to see Jesus, don’t you?
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There’s a place for my soul that He doth prepare, And its beauty by faith I can view; First of all, when I enter that mansion fair, I want to see Jesus, don’t you?
