Voices Together ‎#31

31. Come, We That Love

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 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]

3 Then let our songs abound,
and ev’ry tear be dry.
We’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground,
we’re marching thro’ 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: Come, We That Love
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Author (refrain): Robert Lowry
• Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion
• Meter: SM extended with refrain
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Psalm 48
  ;
  Psalm 87
  ;
  Psalm 149:1-5
  ;
  Isaiah 35:8-10
  ;
  Isaiah 51:11
  ;
  Jeremiah 31
  ;
  Obadiah 1:17
  ;
  Revelation 21:1-7
• Topic: Eternal Life; Faith Journey; Heaven; Liberation; Pilgrimage; Praise
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: WE’RE MARCHING TO ZION
• Composer: Robert Lowry (1867)
• Meter: SM extended with refrain
• Key: G Major
• Source: The Victory, 1869