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SDA Hymnal 422

Marching to Zion

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1Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

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

2Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.

3The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.

4Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high.

Also sung to
Warwick (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #30)

The verse

Meter
6.7.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 54% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Come, we that love the Lord,/˘˘/˘/6A
And let our joys be known;˘//˘/˘/7B
Join in a song with sweet accord,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
And thus surround the throne.˘/˘/˘/6B

Verse 2

Let those refuse to sing/˘˘/˘/6A
Who never knew our God;˘/˘//˘/7B
But children of the heavenly King˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/9A
May speak their joys abroad.˘/˘/˘/6C

Verse 3

The hill of Zion yields˘/˘/˘/6A
A thousand sacred sweets,˘/˘/˘/6B
Before we reach the heavenly fields,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Or walk the golden streets.˘/˘/˘/6B

Verse 4

Then let our songs abound,///˘/˘/7A
And every tear be dry;˘/˘˘/˘/7B
We're marching through Immanuel's ground//˘//˘˘/8A
To fairer worlds on high.˘/˘/˘/6B

Refrain

We're marching to Zion,//˘˘/˘6A
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;/˘˘/˘˘/˘8A
We're marching upward to Zion,//˘/˘˘/˘8A
The beautiful city of God.˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B

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.