Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Come we that love the Lord
Topic: Public Worship/Opening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 701
Page Number: 419, 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 this place!
Religion never was design'd
To make our pleasures less.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav'nly King
May speak their joys abroad.
The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From hope and faith 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 o'er this hallow'd ground
To fairer worlds on high.