~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~COME GO WITH ME (Words written by Cyrus H. Wheelock)
This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1856), no. 321.
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1. Come, go with me, beyond the sea,Where happiness is true,Where Joseph’s land, blest by God’s hand,Inviting waits for you.With joyful hearts you’ll understandThe blessings that await you there.
I know it is the promised land,My home, my home is there.
2. Upon those everlasting hills,And in the valleys fair,Beside the murmuring mountain rills,We’ll bow in humble prayer,And praise our God in joyful strains,That we are safely gathered there.
I know it is the promised land,My home, my home is there.
3. There Israel’s sons, so long oppressed,Are free and happy, too;And daughters in true virtue dressed,Await to welcome you,To greet you with a kindred hand,And with you ev’ry blessing share.
I know it is the promised land,My home, my home is there.
4. There, too, are prophets, priests, and seersWho have the priesthood’s pow’rs,To guide our souls through endless yearsAnd light our darkest hours;Yea, truth, which lighted Enoch’s band,Is freely given to them there.
I know it is the promised land,My home, my home is there.
Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock (February 28, 1813 – October 11, 1894) was an early missionary and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He wrote the words to the Latter-day Saint hymn "Ye Elders of Israel" and also "Come Go With Me".
Wheelock was born at Henderson, Jefferson County, New York. He was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on September 1, 1839. Shortly afterward, he served as a missionary in Vermont.
In 1844, Wheelock tried to convince Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois to release Joseph Smith Jr. from Carthage Jail. Wheelock gave Smith the pistol which he had when the mob attacked the jail at Carthage.
Wheelock served three missions to England. He presided over the Manchester, Liverpool and Preston Conferences.
In 1853, Wheelock was a counselor to Isaac Haight, president of a camp of Latter-day Saints waiting to set out from Keokuk, Iowa. Wheelock was the captain of one of the pioneer companies that crossed the plains to Utah Territory. In 1854, Wheelock became the president of the 37th Quorum of the Seventy.
In 1856, Wheelock was part of a rescue party Brigham Young sent to assist the stranded pioneer companies including the Martin Handcart Company near the Sweetwater River in Wyoming. He served as chaplain of one of the rescue companies
Wheelock settled in Mount Pleasant, Utah Territory. He wrote several hymns while living here.
In 1878 and 1879, Wheelock served as president of the Northern States Mission which then consisted of the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. He died in Mount Pleasant, Utah Territory.
Full name: Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock
Birth: 28 February 1813, United States
Death: 11 October 1894
Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Based on membership at the time music was published, if known.)
Joseph Smith Papers: Cyrus H. Wheelock
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