Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Come we that love the Lord
Topic: Christian Privileges and Honors
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 22
Page Number: 096, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
The sorrows of the mind
Be banish'd from the place!
Religion never was design'd
To make our pleasures less.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But fav'rites of the heav'nly King
May speak their joys abroad.
The God that rules on high,
And thunders when he please,
That rides upon the stormy sky
And manages the seas;
This mighty God is ours,
Our Father and our Love;
He will send down his heav'nly powers
To carry us above.
There shall we see his face,
And never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of this grace,
Drink endless pleasures in.
Yes, and before we rise
To that immortal state,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss
Shall constant joys create.
The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.
The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heav'nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets:
Then let our songs abound,
And ev'ry tear be dry;
We're marching through this barren ground,
To fairer worlds on high.