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SDA Hymnal 622

Come, Come, Ye Saints

Words: William Clayton

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1Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you the journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
We have a living Lord to guide,
And we can trust Him to provide;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell:
All is well! All is well!

2We'll find the rest which God for us prepared,
When at last He will call:
Where none will come to hurt or make afraid,
He will reign over all.
We will make the air with music ring,
Shout praise to God our Lord and King;
O how we'll make the chorus swell:
All is well! All is well!

Scripture
Psalm 23:4; Isaiah 40:31

The verse

Meter
10.6.10.6.8.8.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 48% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABABCCDD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;////˘/˘/˘/10A
But with joy wend your way.˘˘//˘/6B
Though hard to you the journey may appear,//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/10A
Grace shall be as your day./˘˘˘˘/6B
We have a living Lord to guide,˘˘˘/˘/˘/8C
And we can trust Him to provide;˘˘˘/˘˘˘/8C
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell:˘˘˘/˘/˘/8D
All is well! All is well!/˘//˘/6D

Verse 2

We'll find the rest which God for us prepared,//˘/˘/˘˘˘/10A
When at last He will call:/˘/˘˘/6B
Where none will come to hurt or make afraid,//˘/˘/˘/˘/10C
He will reign over all.˘˘//˘/6B
We will make the air with music ring,˘˘/˘/˘/˘/9D
Shout praise to God our Lord and King;//˘//˘/˘/9D
O how we'll make the chorus swell:˘///˘/˘/8E
All is well! All is well!/˘//˘/6E

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.