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by Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748)

Webster
Language: English 
Choose for Diff
Come, we that love the Lord,
and let our joys be known;
join in a song with sweet accord,
and thus surround the throne.

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 Emmanuel's ground
to fairer worlds on high.

Text Authorship:

  • by Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Carol Barnett (b. 1949), "Webster" [ mixed chorus ], Earthsongs ; Southern Harmony, 1835; Arrangement
        Publisher: Earthsongs [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-09-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

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