Come Come Ye Saints

 

"Come, Come, Ye Saints"

 

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!

I was walking across the BYU campus one really tough day (tests, lack of sugar, etc), and the famous bell tower struck the hour and started playing this wonderful hymn. That was the first time that I had actually paid attention to the lyrics as I started singing them to myself. That hymn became my favorite then because of how much comfort those last three words brought to me; all is well!

If any of you haven't seen the movie "17 Miracles", go get it right now! It's not Harry Potter, but it is the most tear jerking, fantastic, amazingly awesomest...every good adjective.... movie about the pioneers that I've ever seen. It brought me to a harsh realization of how horrible the reality of being a pioneer actually was. It goes through 17 individual miracles that happened along the trail as the saints traveled in handcarts across the country to "Zion" in order to escape persecution. Yet amidst all the starvation, snow, disease, death, and everything else they had to endure, the saints still found hope and happiness in their Savior Jesus Christ. He was their everything to them. They knew that as long as they were faithful, they could truthfully sing the words "all is well". I'm so grateful for the pioneers (I endured Trek and that was enough) and their example of following their Lord through ANY circumstance.