Come, Ye That Love the Lord

1. Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
While ye surround his throne.

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

3. The men pf grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruit on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.

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


Words by Isaac Watts, published in 1707 in his "Hymns & Sacred Songs". Music from "Saint Thomas" by Aaron Williams in 1770.  From "The Book of Hymns" of the United Methodist Church.