Ye Elders of Israel - The Lower Lights

Written by：Cyrus H Wheelock/Thomas H. Bayly

Ye elders of Israel come join now with me

And seek out the righteous where'er they may be

In desert on mountain on land or on sea

And bring them to Zion the pure and the free

O Babylon o Babylon we bid thee farewell

We're going to the mountains of Ephraim to dwell

The harvest is great and the lab'rers are few

But if we're united we all things can do

We'll gather the wheat on the midst of the tares

And bring them from bondage from sorrows and snares

O Babylon o Babylon we bid thee farewell

We're going to the mountains of Ephraim to dwell

We'll go to the poor like our captain of old

And visit the weary the hungry and cold

We'll cheer up their hearts with the news that he bore

And point them to Zion and life evermore

O Babylon o Babylon we bid thee farewell

We're going to the mountains of Ephraim to dwell

O Babylon o Babylon we bid thee farewell

We're going to the mountains of Ephraim to dwell