We’re Marching To Zion is sometimes referred to by it’s opening line, Come We That Love The Lord. The hymn was written by Isaac Watts. Watts was an English minister, hymnwriter, theologian and logician. He wrote over 750 hymns and is known as the Father of English hymnody.

Marching to Zion may have been based on Jeremiah 31:6, “Arise ye, and let us go to Zion.”

Marching to Zion was first published in the 1707 hymnal Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

In 1867, composer Robert Lowry provided the melody we most often sing the song to today. However, there are four earlier tunes that are still used with the lyrics on occasion.

Watts original hymn is said to have had ten stanzas, but only four are published in most hymnals.

Marching to Zion is an upbeat hymn through which singing it can help lift any bad mood.

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

Chorus
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 heavenly King,
but children of the heavenly King
may speak their joys abroad,
may speak their joys abroad.
The hill of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets
before we reach the heavenly fields,
before we reach the heavenly fields,
or walk the golden streets,
or walk the golden streets.

Then let our songs abound,
and every tear be dry;
we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
to fairer worlds on high,
to fairer worlds on high.

walk the golden streets."
A. Zion does not always necessarily refer to heaven, but sometimes to the church: Heb. 12.22
B. Even now God’s children benefit from Zion because we have all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus: Eph. 1.4
C. These blessings are for us both in this life, and in the time to come when we reach the heavenly fields and walk the golden streets: 1 Tim. 4.8

V. Stanza 4 (10 in the original) says that the benefits that we have now will continue in those fairer worlds on high
"Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry;
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground To fairer worlds on high."
A. Because we are God’s people, we should rejoice, letting our songs abound and drying every tear: Phil. 4.4
B. The reasons for this are two-fold; first, we are marching through Immanuel’s ground: Matt. 1.18
C. And, second, we look forward to fairer worlds on high in the new heavens and new earth: 2 Pet. 3.13