Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Come children of Zion and help us to sing
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Meter: 11s
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Hymn Number: Hymn 155 (part II)
Page Number: 129 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCOME! children of Zion, and help us to sing
Loud anthems of praises to Jesus our King,
Whose life once was given, our souls to redeem,
And bring us to heaven, to dwell there with him.
Not the angels in glory, nor seraphs above,
Can fathom the ocean of infinite love;
Their wisdom can't search it; they cannot tell why
The sov'reign of angels for sinners should die.
In the regions of darkness, death, sorrow, and pains,
We all lay in ruin, in prison and chains;
But Jesus has bought us with his precious blood,
He's the ransom provided to bring us to God.
O! why should we linger in regions below,
When rivers of pleasure in paradise flow?
So sweetly they glide through the regions above,
And stream ever fresh, from the fountain of love.
Come, then, my dear brethren, count all things but loss;
Your treasure's in heaven, don't shrink from the cross;
Ye fav'rites of heaven, dear lambs of the fold,
Though demons surround you, be faithful and bold.
Consider the dangers that lie in your way,
What snares and temptations, in this evil day;
All this we must suffer and patient endure,
Till Jesus shall take us were suff'rings are o'er.
Then with him in glory we ever shall reign,
Deliver'd from sorrow, temptation and pain,
To join with the angels and spirits divine,
And in Jesus' own image eternally shine.