The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Sweet the time, exceeding sweet!

No. 480
Metre 7s.
Tune DURHAM.
Words George Burder.
Music Ancient Tantum Ergo.
Key E major
Singing key D major
Time 4/4
5 stanzas

Words

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

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

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

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

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

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «480» (large), tune name «DURHAM. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «ANCIENT TANTUM ERGO.» at the right (capitals and small capitals, in the composer's place). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «Sweet» («ex - ceed - ing», «to - geth - er», «Sav - iour» hyphenated under their notes). The italic reference line «333, 457, 272.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 333, 457 or 272) stands under the music; stanzas 2–5 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«5», with «George Burder.» in italics after stanza 5. The lines of each stanza are not indented in the print. The print's thin space before «:» and «;» is closed up. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's (stanza 1 ends its first line with «sweet!», stanza 5 with «sweet,»; stanza 2 reads «Loved the world and gave his Son.» without commas).