February 24, 2020 (Monday)
Zion became another name for Jerusalem in the Bible, and today is also a word for “The New Jerusalem,” or Heaven, for Christians.
Isaac Watts, over 300 years ago, visualized a great throng of Believers on their way to Heaven. A clarion call goes out for Christians to let their joys be known as they march together toward Heaven.
Many years later, Robert Lowery and another generation added the music we use today as we triumphantly sing this song of glory. Lowrey added the joyous refrain.
WE’RE MARCHING TO ZION
Words: Isaac Watts 1707
Music: Robert Lowery 1867
Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
Refrain:
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
Let those refuse to sing,
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav’nly King
May speak their joys abroad,
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 through Immanuel’s ground
To fairer worlds on high.
BLOG REPEATED FROM 2016
Listen to the hymn again (in full screen) with a different choir: