Sweet the time, exceeding sweet!

1Sweet the time, exceeding sweet!
When the saints together meet,
When the Saviour is the theme,
When they join to sing of him.

2Sing we then eternal love,
Such as did the Father prove:
He beheld the world undone,
Loved the world and gave his Son.

3Sing the Son's amazing love;
How he left the realms above,
Took our nature and our place,
Lived and died to save our race.

4Sing we, too, the Spirit's love,
With our stubborn hearts to strive,
Filled our minds with grief and fear,
Brought the precious Saviour near.

5Sweet the time, exceeding sweet,
When the saints in heaven shall meet;
Jesus still will be the theme,
They shall always sing of him.