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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 106

COME ALL YE SONS OF ZION

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1COME, all ye sons of Zion
Who are waiting for salvation,
Have your lamps trimm'd and burning,
For behold the proclamation–
Saying, all things now are ready
For the poor and for the needy;
All my fatlings now are killed,
And prepared on the table.

2Arise, and get ready,
Hasten to the marriage supper
While the Bridegroom is calling,
And Christians are rejoicing,
See the Lord of Life descending,
And the judgment trumpet sounding
Now to gather all the nations
To the final Judgment Day.

3O, what a happy meeting,
When salvation is completed,
And all tribulation ended,
And the spotless robe prepared
For the Bride to be adorned,
And the saints will then be crowned,
Saying, Worthy is the Lamb
In the New Jerusalem.

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The verse

Meter
7.8.7.8.8.8.7.7
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 52% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCDEFGH
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

COME, all ye sons of Zion////˘/˘7A
Who are waiting for salvation,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8B
Have your lamps trimm'd and burning,˘˘//˘/˘7C
For behold the proclamation–˘˘/˘/˘/˘8B
Saying, all things now are ready/˘///˘/˘8D
For the poor and for the needy;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8E
All my fatlings now are killed,/˘??/˘/7F
And prepared on the table.˘˘/˘˘/˘7G

Verse 2

Arise, and get ready,˘/˘//˘6A
Hasten to the marriage supper/˘˘˘/˘/˘8B
While the Bridegroom is calling,/˘//˘/˘7C
And Christians are rejoicing,˘/˘˘˘/˘7D
See the Lord of Life descending,/˘/˘/˘/˘8E
And the judgment trumpet sounding˘˘/˘/˘/˘8F
Now to gather all the nations/˘/˘/˘/˘8G
To the final Judgment Day.˘˘/˘/˘/7H

Verse 3

O, what a happy meeting,˘˘˘/˘/˘7A
When salvation is completed,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8B
And all tribulation ended,˘//˘/˘/˘8C
And the spotless robe prepared˘˘/˘/˘/7D
For the Bride to be adorned,˘˘/˘˘˘/7E
And the saints will then be crowned,˘˘/˘/˘/7F
Saying, Worthy is the Lamb/˘/˘˘˘/7G
In the New Jerusalem.˘˘/˘/˘˘7H

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.