Sweet Is the Message

Sweet is the mes­sage

Of full and free sal­va­tion

Ringing across earth’s long and wea­ry night;

Bringing glad hope of a new and bright cre­ation

Where pow­er of sin no more can mar or blight.

Message of joy

speed

O

Speed with light and glad­ness

To all be­liev­ers bear the tid­ings great.

Bidding them ban­ish

With praise all their sad­ness

And with re­joic­ing that great day await.

Jesus is com­ing

O tell the bless­èd st­ory

Coming re­demp­tion ful­ly to com­plete;

Then we shall view all the full­ness of His glo­ry

O

let us fall ad­or­ing at His feet.

When He shall come

In His migh­ty pow­er all glo­ri­ous

He will His joy with all the faith­ful share;

For He has pro­mised that those thro’ life vic­tor­ious

With Him shall reign and crowns un­fad­ing wear.

With this bright hope

Shall our lips be mute to prais­es?

Or shall we stoop to joys the world may bring?

Nay! while the eye of our faith still up­ward gaz­es

Let us be rea­dy to re­ceive our king.