There is no sweeter time than this

August 16

There is no sweeter time than this,
The hour we spend with Jesus;
We taste with Him eternal bliss,
The hour we spend with Jesus;
We feel His presence, and we know
His love will never let us go;
We drop our burden and our woe,
The hour we spend with Jesus.

We hear His voice in mercy plead,
The hour we spend with Jesus;
He shows each heart its greatest need,
The hour we spend with Jesus;
What peace we find, what comfort sweet,
When gathered ‘round His mercy-seat;
There pardon and compassion meet,
The hour we spend with Jesus.

Redeeming love our theme shall be,
The hour we spend with Jesus;
Renewed by grace divine are we,
The hour we spend with Jesus;
O wondrous love! O sacred hour!
The clouds of sin no longer low’r,
We feel the Spirit’s quick’ning pow’r,
The hour we spend with Jesus.

Chorus
The hour we spend with Jesus,
How precious and how sweet,
To drop our care and leave it there,
And dwell in Him complete!
     Ida Scott Taylor