The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4165

4165. Marching to Zion

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

Refrain
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.

2. The sorrows of the mind
Be banished from the place;
Religion never was designed
Religion never was designed,
To make our pleasures less,
To make our pleasures less. [Refrain]

3. Let those refuse to sing,
Who never knew our God;
But favorites of the heavenly King,
But favorites of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad,
May speak their joys abroad. [Refrain]

4. The God that rules on high,
And thunders when He please,
Who rides upon the stormy sky,
Who rides upon the stormy sky,
And manages the seas,
And manages the seas. [Refrain]

5. This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our Love;
He will send down his heav’nly powers,
He will send down his heav’nly powers,
To carry us above,
To carry us above. [Refrain]

6. There we shall see His face,
And never, never sin!
There, from the rivers of His grace,
There, from the rivers of His grace,
Drink endless pleasures in,
Drink endless pleasures in. [Refrain]

7. Yea, and before we rise,
To that immortal state,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss,
Should constant joys create,
Should constant joys create. [Refrain]

8. The men of grace have found,
Glory begun below.
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow,
From faith and hope may grow. [Refrain]

9. The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets,
Or walk the golden streets. [Refrain]

10. Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
To fairer worlds on high,
To fairer worlds on high. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Come, we that love the Lord
• Title: Marching to Zion
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Author (refrain): Robert Lowry
• Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes (these do not use the refrain): AIN, arranged from Arcangelo Correlli by Lowell Mason, Carmina Sacra (Boston, Massachusetts: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter, 1844), number 160; SILCHESTER, H. A. César Malan, 1787-1864; ST. THOMAS (WILLIAMS), Aaron Williams, 1770

Tune Information

• Name: AIN
• Composer: Robert Lowry (1867)
• Incipit: 13156 71231 54322
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain