LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 8 6 6 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts & Robert Lowry
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1707
| | Bible Refs: | Jer 31:6
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 308
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 14
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 555
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
|
| 823
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 733
|
MUSIC
| Name: | MARCHING TO ZION
| | Meter: | 6 6 8 8 6 6 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Robert Lowry
| | Dates: | 1867
|
Baptist Hymnal
| 308
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 555
| G
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 823
| G
| |
| 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. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
2. Let those that refuse to sing,
Who never knew our God;
|: But children of the heavenly King, :|
|: May speak their joys abroad. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
3. The God, Who rules on high,
Who all the earth surveys,
|: Who rides upon the stormy sky, :|
|: And calms the roaring seas. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
4. This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our Love;
|: He will send down his heav'nly powers, :|
|: To carry us above. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
5. There we shall see His face,
And never, never sin!
|: There, from the rivers of His grace, :|
|: Drink endless pleasures in. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
6. Yea, and before we rise,
To that immortal state,
|: The thoughts of such amazing bliss, :|
|: Should constant joys create. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
7. The men of grace have found,
Glory begun below.
|: Celestial fruit on earthly ground :|
|: From faith and hope may grow. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
8. The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets
|: Before we reach the heavenly fields, :|
|: Or walk the golden streets. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
9. Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
|: We're marching through Emmanuel's ground, :|
|: To fairer worlds on high. :|
Refrain.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
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