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Keywords: TharpCemeteryWayneCoIowa.JPG en Tharp Cemetery in Wayne County Iowa with historical marker about LDS hymn Come come ye saints by William Clayton Text of the plaque is as follows <i> Come come ye Saints <br /> no toil nor labor fear; <br /> But with joy wend your way <br /> Though hard to you this journey may appear <br /> grace shall be as your day <br /> 'Tis better far for use to strive <br /> Our useless cares from us to drive; <br /> Do this and joy your hears will swell <br /> All is well All is well <br /> </i> The Hymn That Went <br /> Around the World <br /> Come Come Ye Saints was the <br /> great hymn of the Mormon <br /> migration It was composed near <br /> here 15 April 1846 by William <br /> Clayton clerk of the first group of <br /> Latter-day Saints to leave Nauvoo <br /> Illinois under the direction of <br /> Brigham Young These pioneers <br /> crossed Iowa on the trek to the <br /> Valley of the Great Salt Lake in Utah <br /> First called All Is Well this is the <br /> best known of all Mormon hymns It <br /> buoyed up thousands of pioneers on <br /> their way west Through translations <br /> it has come to be recognized all <br /> over the world <br /> in 1837 William Clayton 1814-79 <br /> became one of the earliest converts <br /> to The Church of Jesus Christ of <br /> Latter-day Saints in England He <br /> immigrated to Nauvoo in 1840 and <br /> became a clerk to Joseph Smith The <br /> hymn was written in response to news <br /> of the birth of a son to his wife <br /> Diantha who was still in Nauvoo It <br /> was set to the music of a popular <br /> English folk tune All Is Well <br /> At the time the hymn was written <br /> the pioneer camp was located along <br /> the ridge west of Tharp Cemetery <br /> This ridge divides two branches of <br /> Locus Creek <br /> Erected by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints <br /> and Wayne County Historical Society 1990 <br /> own Kafka Liz 2009-07-15 Cemeteries in Iowa Hymns Mormon migration to Utah Wayne County Iowa
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