Biography:
1) Isaac Watts was an English preacher and hymn writer who lived from 1674 to 1748.
He preached in independent congregations, and wrote over 500 hymns.
His best known hymns are Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed?, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Give To Our God Immortal Praise, and the Christmas carol Joy to the World!
2) There is also a contemporary music artist Isaac Watts (1978-present). His first album you can see below was face Down in the Deep End.
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Words by Isaac Watts
Music by Robert Lowry
[Verse 1]
D A7 D A7 A
Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known;
D G A7 G
Join in a song with sweet ac - cord,
A7 E7 A7
Join in a song with sweet ac - cord,
D A D Em
And thus sur - round the throne,
D A7 D
And thus sur - round the throne.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 2]
D A7 D A7 A
Let those re - fuse to sing Who never knew our God;
D G A7 G
But children of the heav’nly King,
A7 E7 A7
But children of the heavenly King
D A D Em
May speak their joys a - broad,
D A7 D
May speak their joys a - broad.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 3]
D A7 D A7 A
The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets
D G A7 G
Be - fore we reach the heav’nly fields,
A7 E7 A7
Be - fore we reach the heavn’ly fields
D A D Em
Or walk the gold - en streets,
D A7 D
Or walk the gold - en streets.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 4]
D A7 D A7 A
Then let our songs a - bound, And ev’ry tear be dry;
D G A7 G
We're marching through Im - manuel's ground,
A7 E7 A7
We're marching through Immanuel's ground
D A D Em
To fair - er worlds on high,
D A7 D
To fairer worlds on high.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
Music by Robert Lowry
[Verse 1]
D A7 D A7 A
Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known;
D G A7 G
Join in a song with sweet ac - cord,
A7 E7 A7
Join in a song with sweet ac - cord,
D A D Em
And thus sur - round the throne,
D A7 D
And thus sur - round the throne.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 2]
D A7 D A7 A
Let those re - fuse to sing Who never knew our God;
D G A7 G
But children of the heav’nly King,
A7 E7 A7
But children of the heavenly King
D A D Em
May speak their joys a - broad,
D A7 D
May speak their joys a - broad.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 3]
D A7 D A7 A
The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets
D G A7 G
Be - fore we reach the heav’nly fields,
A7 E7 A7
Be - fore we reach the heavn’ly fields
D A D Em
Or walk the gold - en streets,
D A7 D
Or walk the gold - en streets.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 4]
D A7 D A7 A
Then let our songs a - bound, And ev’ry tear be dry;
D G A7 G
We're marching through Im - manuel's ground,
A7 E7 A7
We're marching through Immanuel's ground
D A D Em
To fair - er worlds on high,
D A7 D
To fairer worlds on high.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
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