Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Come, we that love the Lord

Whom having not seen, ye love 1 Pet. 1:8

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

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

2.   The sorrows of the mind
      Be banished from the place;
      Religion never was designed
      To make our pleasures less.

3.    Let those refuse to sing,
      Who never knew our God;
      But children of the heav’nly King
      May speak their joys abroad.

4.   The men of grace have found
      Glory begun below;
      Celestial fruits on earthly ground
      From faith and hope may grow.

5.   The hill of Zion yields
      A thousand sacred sweets
      Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
      Or walk the golden streets.

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

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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;
    Let those refuse to sing
    Who never knew our God
    But servants of the heav'nly King
    May speak their joys abroad.

2. The God that rules on high,
    That all the earth surveys,
    That rides upon the stormy sky,
    And calms the roaring seas,
    This awful God is ours,
    Our Father and our love,
    He will send down His heav'nly pow'rs
    To carry us above.

3. There we shall see His face,
    And never, never sin;
    There, from the rivers of His grace,
    Drink, endless pleasure in;
    Yea! and before we rise
    To that immortal state,
    The thoughts of such amazing bliss
    Should constant joys create.

4. The men of grace have found
    Glory begun below,
    Celestial fruit on earthly ground
    From faith and hope may grow,
    Then let our songs abound,
    And every tear be dry,
    We're marching through Immanuel's ground.
    To fairer worlds on high.

Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS

Eniti eyin fe lairi. 1 Pet 1:8

1. Eyin t’e f’Oluwa,
   E fi ayo yin han;
   E jumo ko orin didun
   B’e ti ny’ite Re ka;
   Jek’awon ‘ni dake
   Ti ko m’Olorun wa;
   Sugbon k’awon 'ranse Oba
   Ma ro ayo won ka.

2. Olorun t’o joba,
   Ti nwo gbogbo aye
   Ti ngun awosanmo l’esin
   Ti nmu ‘ji pa roro;
   Tiwa l’Olorun yi
   Baba Olufe wa;
   Y’o ran agbara t’orun wa
   Lati gbe wa soke

3. Nibe, l’ao r’oje Re,
   T’a ki o dese mo;
   T’ao si ma jadun ailopin,
   Nipa or’ofe Re;
   Loto, k’a to jinde
   Si iye ailopin,
   Ero irora nlanla na
   Ninu ayo wa bi si.

4. Eni-or’ofe ri
   ‘Bere ogo laye;
   Eso orun ngberu laye
   N’nu gbagbo on ‘reti:
   Nje k’orin wa goke,
   K’omije gbogbo gbe;
   A nkoja lo n’le ‘manuel’
   S’aye rere loke.
AMIN


Composed by Isaac Watts