Daughters of Zion, come, behold

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Daughters of Zion, come, behold

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: ST. DROSTANE (Dykes)
Published in 20 hymnals

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	The Church Pianist's Library, Vol. 6

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Daughters of Zion, come, behold
The crown of honor and of gold
Which the glad church, with joys unknown,
Placed on the head of Solomon.

Jesus, thou everlasting King,
Accept the tribute which we bring;
Accept the well-deserved renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.

Let every act of worship be
Like our espousals, Lord, to thee;
Like the dear hour when from above
We first received thy pledge of love.

The gladness of that happy day,
Our hearts would wish it long to stay;
Nor let our faith forsake its hold,
Nor comfort sink, nor love grow cold.

Each following minute, as it flies,
Increase thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we are raised to sing thy name
At the great supper of the Lamb.

O that the months would roll away,
And bring that coronation day!
The King of Grace shall fill the throne,
With all his Father's glories on.

Source: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #564

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Daughters of Zion, come, behold
Author:	Isaac Watts
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

Daughters of Sion, come, behold! I. Watts. [Coronation of Christ.] Appeared in his Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1707, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church" (Bk. 1, No. 72). In its full form its use is limited. A popular arrangement, beginning with stanza ii., “Jesus, Thou everlasting King," is found in numerous collections, as in the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1830.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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