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COME ALL YE SONS OF ZION

The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

105 words changed · 6 stanzas only in Millennial Harp #19

Verse 1

COME, all ye sons of Zion,Who
are waiting for salvation,





Verse 1

COME, all ye sons of Zion
Who are waiting for salvation,
Have your lamps trimm'd and burning,
For behold the proclamation–
Saying, all things now are ready
For the poor and for the needy;
All my fatlings now are killed,
And prepared on the table.

Verse 3

Have your lamps trim'd and burning,For,behold the proclamation.

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Verse 4

And tribulation's ended, And the spotless robe prepared,

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Verse 5

Saying,"All things now


are ready
For the poor
And for
the needy;

Verse 2

Arise, and get ready,
Hasten to the marriage supper
While the Bridegroom is calling,
And Christians are rejoicing,
See the Lord of Life descending,
And the judgment trumpet sounding
Now to gather all the nations
To the final Judgment Day.

Verse 2

O, what a happy meeting,When
salvation is completed,





Verse 3

O, what a happy meeting,
When salvation is completed,
And all tribulation ended,
And the spotless robe prepared
For the Bride to be adorned,
And the saints will then be crowned,
Saying, Worthy is the Lamb
In the New Jerusalem.

Verse 6

For the Bride to be adorn'd, In the jasper wall be crowned,

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Verse 7

All my fatlings now are kill'd, And prepar-ed on the table.

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Verse 8

Saying, "Worthy is the Lamb," In the new Je-ru-sa-lem.

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Verse 9

O sinners, don't be ba doubting,
While the sons of God are shouting;

Come and join the happy army,

And there's nothing that will harm you.

If you follow Christ the Savior,

And break off your bad behavior,

And repent and be converted,

You may sing his praises too.

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