Isaac Watts: Collected Lyrics
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Come, We Who Love the Lord

Isaac Watts

“Come, We Who Love the Lord” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Isaac Watts: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Come, we who love the Lord,

And let our joys be known;

Join in a song of sweet acccord,

And thus surrond the throne.

Let those refuse to sing

Who never knew our god;

But children of the heav'nly King

Should speak thier joys abroad

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 every tear be dry;

We're marching thro' Emanuael's ground

To fairer worlds on high.

Amen

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Written by Isaac Watts

Words by Isaac Watts. Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “Come, We Who Love the Lord”

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