Marching to Zion

 I'm guessing this is a fairly well known hymn, but I didn't know, before today, that there were originally 10 stanzas. Most versions I've seen have only 4 verses. I thought that all 10 were pretty good and worth sharing.

"Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known;

Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne.

The sorrows of the mind be banished from the place:

Religion never was designed to make our pleasures less.

Let those refuse to sing That never knew our God;

But favourites of the Heavenly King May speak their joys abroad.

The God that rules on high, And thunders when he please,

That rides upon the stormy sky, And manages the seas,

This awful* God is ours, Our Father and our love,

He shall send down His heavenly powers to carry us above.

 (N.B. *I think the author meant this awful as in the sense of power and majesty, i.e. we should be full of awe!)

Then we shall see His face, And never, never sin:

There, from the rivers of His grace Drink endless pleasures in.

Yes, and before we rise to that immortal state,

The thoughts of such amazing bliss should constant joys create.

The men of grace have found Glory begun below;

Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow.

The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets,

Before we reach the heavenly 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."

Words: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Music: Robert Lowry who added the chorus:

We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion,

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

And yes, it's going to go round my head for a few days. It's a very catchy tune. 

How about you? Did you know more than 4 stanzas?