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I Shall Be Like Him

When I shall reach the more excellent glory

Author: William A. Spencer
Tune: [When I shall reach the more excellent glory] (Spencer)
Published in 69 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 When I shall reach the more excellent glory,
And all my trials are passed,
I shall be like Him, O wonderful story!
I shall be like Him at last.

Chorus:
I shall be like Him, I shall be like Him,
And in His beauty shall sine,
I shall be like Him, wondrously like Him,
Jesus, my Saviour divine.

2 We shall not wait till the glorious dawning
Breaks on the vision so fair,
Now we may welcome the heavenly morning,
Now we His image may bear. (Chorus)

3 More and more like Him, repeat the blest story,
Over and over again,
Changed by His Spirit from glory to glory,
I shall be satisfied then. (Chorus)

Source: Favorite Hymns of Praise #488

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Author: William A. Spencer

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Text Information

First Line: When I shall reach the more excellent glory
Title: I Shall Be Like Him
Author: William A. Spencer
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I shall be like Him
Publication Date: 1897
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #13069
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Sacred Selections for the Church #569

Sacred Selections for the Church #569
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The Cyber Hymnal #13069

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