Author:		Cathy Simmons, b. 1960
Musician:		Joan J. Pinkston, b. 1947

See the Christian, battle weary,
Wounded on the field of life;
As he prays the foe is nearing,
Armed with bitterness for strife:
Let me see the Christ of glory,
The Blest Author of my faith;
Word of Life, come and restore me,
I need Thine abundant grace!

Then a ray of hope from heaven
Catches up his downcast eyes;
Strength returns as light is given—
So to look at Christ on High.
Now I see the Christ of glory,
The Blest Author of my faith;
View of Life, my soul restoring,
Fills me with abundant grace!

Night has come, and fiercest fighting
Rages hard on ev'ry hand;
Yet the vision, still abiding,
Makes the joyful Christian stand.
Looking to the Christ of glory,
The Blest Author of my faith—
Truth and Life I see before me
Giving more abundant grace!

Thus he greets the morn' victorious,
More than conqu'ror of the foe;
Thro' the sight he has of Jesus
Overcoming death and woe.
Look unto the Christ of glory,
The Blest Author of our faith;
Peace of God, our souls restoring,
Has for us abundant grace!