The Upward Gaze
F. M. Atkinson • English
Primary Scripture: Acts 1:10-11
Verse 1
Have you on your wedding garments, Are you clothed in raiment white, Are you looking for the Bridegroom Coming back on clouds of light?
Chorus
Are you looking for the Bridegroom, Are you shouting loud His praise, Are you waiting, are you watching, Have you now the upward gaze?
Verse 2
Are you looking unto Jesus For the saving, cleansing pow’r; Is your heart made pure and holy, Does He keep you ev’ry hour?
Chorus
Are you looking for the Bridegroom, Are you shouting loud His praise, Are you waiting, are you watching, Have you now the upward gaze?
Verse 3
Spread the tidings that He’s coming, Sing aloud the glad refrain; Send the news to ev’ry nation, Christ is coming back again.
Chorus
Are you looking for the Bridegroom, Are you shouting loud His praise, Are you waiting, are you watching, Have you now the upward gaze?
Verse 4
O the joy when we shall meet Him, Left behind all pain and tears, In His bright millennial kingdom, Reign with Christ a thousand years.
Chorus 2
I am looking for the Bridegroom, I am shouting loud His praise, I am waiting, I am watching, I have now the upward gaze.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- acts 1:10-11