Talk:Come, Come, Ye Saints

Folk Song Lyrics
Clayton based his poetic words on an English folk song already familiar to many of those on the trek through Iowa (source: Stegner, The Gathering of Zion). Someone skilled in the research of English ethnographic literature might be able to dredge up one or more publishable versions of the popular lyrics. Probably it was a pub song. Genehisthome (talk) 18:52, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
 * "Do this and joy your hearts will swell" is the same melody as "Good people all this Christmastime" from The Wexford Carol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by T.Y. Faltermeyer (talk • contribs) 22:35, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

New Century Hymnal - 1995 Edition
I have been attempting to find the hymn in the New Century Hymnal of the United Church of Christ, I cannot find a reference to the lyricists or hymns. I do not think that the citation is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.93.11.178 (talk) 15:40, 18 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I believe you're on to something. The New Century Hymnal (1995) entry at Hymnary.org does not list a hymn titled "Come, Come, Ye Saints", nor the alternate title "All is Well". There is hymn 311 "Renew Your Church, Its Ministries Restore" with the tune name of ALL IS WELL, which is the same tune, but completely unrelated wording.


 * Per the "Come, Come, Ye Saints" entry at Hymnary.org, the song (not just tune) appears in the following hymnals outside of the Latter Day Saint movement:


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 * "Come, Come, Ye Saints" also appeared in the following RLDS hymnals, which I believe was reworded to remove all references to the LDS exodus to the western US:




 * To help with your research, please note that Christiansen full name is "Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen" (October 11, 1895 — January 14, 1985), and is variously credited as "Avis Christiansen", "Avis Burgeson Christiansen", "A. B. Christiansen", "Avis B. Christiansen", and "Avis M. B. Christiansen", in addition to her full name. She was married to E. O. Christiansen, who was associated with the Moody Bible Institute. More information about her can be found at:




 * It would appear that Christiansen's 1966 re-wording was used for all of the versions published by Hope Publishing, and probably everything published by SBC (in the list above) after 1966. — Asterisk *  Splat → 21:49, 20 October 2014 (UTC)