O Zion! love­ly Zi­on!
Thou ci­ty of the faith­ful,
How oft­en with rap­ture
Thy prais­es we sing!
Where mill­ions of re­deemed ones
Are dwell­ing now in bright­ness,
And prais­ing for­ev­er
Our Sav­ior and king.

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Where the loud swell­ing chorus
Of tri­umph eter­nal,
Rolls down from the re­gions
Of end­less delight,
Where the ran­somed are re­turn­ing
With music and re­joic­ing,
To walk with the Sav­ior
In gar­ments of white.

O Zi­on! love­ly Zi­on!
Thou car­est for the low­ly;
Thy ban­ner of mer­cy
Still wav­ing we see;
Thy watch­men thou art send­ing
With tid­ings, joy­ful tid­ings,
To ga­ther the lost ones
And bring them to thee.

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O Zi­on! love­ly Zi­on!
O when shall we be­hold thee,
Thy beau­ty and splen­dor
Forever to share?
Where loved ones who have en­tered
Thy bright and shin­ing por­tals
Are wait­ing and watch­ing
To wel­come us there.

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