Today’s hymn is written by Daniel W. Whit­tle in 1883, and is one I came across whilst reading Lisa Hughes’ book ‘Unmet Expectations‘. When encouraging believers with the truth that our trials will not last forever, she says “Eventually lifelong trials will end, and pain, sorrow, and difficulty will cease. Yet we can be assured that their sanctifying effects on earth will go with us into heaven. “There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads” (Rev. 22:3–4). No more sorrow from deferred hopes, no more suffering, sin, or pain, for on the day we leave our earthly shell, we will be transformed. And then, we will see Jesus, our dear Saviour”¹. She then includes a stanza to this hymn. I hope this encourages you as it did me!

Sons of God, be­lov­ed in Je­sus!
O the won­drous word of grace;
In His Son the Fa­ther sees us,
And as sons He gives us place.

Refrain
Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
And it doth not yet ap­pear what we shall be;
But we know that when He shall ap­pear;
We know that when He shall ap­pear,
We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him,
For we shall see Him as He is.

Blessed hope now bright­ly beam­ing,
On our God we soon shall gaze;
And in light ce­les­ti­al gleam­ing,
We shall see our Sav­iour’s face. [Refrain]

By the pow­er of grace trans­form­ing,
We shall then His im­age bear;
Christ His pro­mised word per­form­ing,
We shall then His glo­ry share. [Refrain]

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¹Lisa Hughes, Unmet Expectations, page 328.