We're Marching to Zion

We're Marching to Zion

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.


Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God,
But children of the heavenly King, but children of the heavenly King,
May speak their joys abroad, may speak their joys abroad.


The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets, or walk the golden streets.


Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry,
We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground, we're marching thro' Immanuel's ground,
To fairer worlds on high, to fairer worlds on high.


We're marching to Zion, Beautiful, beautiful Zion;We're marching upward to Zion, the beautiful city of God.



"Because of the controversy between singing of Psalms and the singing of hymns, the church decided to sing Psalms at the beginning of their service and then after the preaching, they would sing hymns. Many people who were still against the hymns would get up and leave the service at this time. Isaac Watts wrote the hymn, "We're Marching to Zion," to refute this practice of people walking out during the hymn singing. Just reads the words especially stanza two."