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Text:Come, We That Love the Lord
Author (stanzas):Isaac Watts
Tune:FESTAL SONG
Composer:William H. Walter

549. Come, We That Love the Lord

1 Come, we that love the Lord,
and let our joys be known;
join in a song with sweet accord,
and thus surround the throne.

2 Let those refuse to sing
who never knew our God;
but children of the heavenly King
may speak their joys abroad.

3 The hill of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets,
before we reach the heavenly fields,
or walk the golden streets.

4 Then let our songs abound,
and every tear be dry;
we're marching through Emmanuel's ground,
to fairer worlds on high.

Text Information
First Line: Come, we that love the Lord
Title: Come, We That Love the Lord
Author (stanzas): Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: The Church at Worship: Eternal Life; Eternal Life; Joy
Tune Information
Name: FESTAL SONG
Composer: William H. Walter (1872)
Meter: SM
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Lower keys, No. 55 and No. 437



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