Come, Come, Ye Saints

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Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear

Author: William Clayton
Tune: ALL IS WELL (White)
Published in 37 hymnals

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1 Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
'Tis better far for us to strive
Our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell–
All is well! all is well!

2 Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
’Tis not so; all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward,
If we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take;
Our God will never us forsake;
And soon we’ll have this tale to tell–
All is well! all is well!

3 We’ll find the place which God for us prepared,
Far away in the west,
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the saints will be blessed.
We’ll make the air with music ring,
Shout praises to our God and King;
Above the rest these words we’ll tell–
All is well! al is well!

4 And should we die before our journey’s through,
Happy day! all is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again
To see the saints their rest obtain,
O how we’ll make this chorus swell–
All is well! all is well!

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #582

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Author: William Clayton

Born: July 17, 1814, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Died: December 4, 1879, Salt Lake City, Utah. Buried: Salt Lake City, Utah. Clayton worked as a missionary in England before moving to America in 1840. He was city treasurer in Nauvoo, Illinois; clerk of the Nauvoo Temple; member of the Nauvoo Brass Band; Joseph Smith’s private secretary until 1844; and one of the group that moved to Utah with Mormon leader Brigham Young. He later played second violin in the Salt Lake Theater orchestra. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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First Line:	Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear
Title:	Come, Come, Ye Saints
Author:	William Clayton
Meter:	10.6.10.6.8.8.8.6
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	All is well, all is well
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ALL IS WELL (White)

Credited to C. Dingley in Revival Melodies (1842), before appearing in The Sacred Harp (1844), attributed to J.T. White. The editors of The Makers of the Sacred Harp (2010) consider White to be the arranger, not the composer; Dingley is perhaps also just an arranger. —Chris Fenner

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