Scripture Verse

Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion. Jeremiah 31:6

Introduction

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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spir­it­ual Songs 1707, Book 2, num­ber 29. Hea­ven­ly joy on earth. Re­frain by Ro­bert Low­ry.

Music: Ro­bert Low­ry, 1867 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Anecdote

Bartholomew Cal­vin, a con­vert­ed Stock­bridge In­di­an, died in his eighti­eth year, say­ing, My trust is the mer­its of the Lord Je­sus Christ. Sing at my fun­er­al—

Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known.

He con­tin­ued to pray whilst speech re­mained, and gent­ly sunk in­to the arms of death with­out a strug­gle.

Stevenson, p. 22

Lyrics

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.

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

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.

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Let those re­fuse to sing,
Who ne­ver knew our God;
But fa­vo­rites of the heav’n­ly King,
But fa­vo­rites of the heav’n­ly King
May speak their joys abroad,
May speak their joys abroad.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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