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[Is it nothing to you that Heaven’s king]

Appears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: May Whittle Moody Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55665 32343 12346 Used With Text: Is It Nothing To You?

Is it nothing to you that grace is free

Author: John R. Clements Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: Is it nothing to you that heaven's King Lyrics: 1 Is it nothing to you that heaven’s King Came down to this world of woe, That He suffered and bled, and rose from the dead, That eternal life you might know? Refrain: Is it nothing to you that grace is free, And that God in His love doth call? Is it nothing to you? Is it nothing to you? Is it nothing, nothing to you? 2 Is it nothing to you that by and by You must travel death’s dark vale, Where Jordan’s waves the pathway laves, And all but Christ doth fail? [Refrain] 3 Is it nothing to you that some sweet day In the heavenly land so fair You may join the song that the ransomed throng Are forever singing there. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Is it nothing to you that heaven’s King]

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Is it nothing to you that grace is free

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Revival Hymns #105 (1905) First Line: Is it nothing to you that heaven's King Lyrics: 1 Is it nothing to you that heaven’s King Came down to this world of woe, That He suffered and bled, and rose from the dead, That eternal life you might know? Refrain: Is it nothing to you that grace is free, And that God in His love doth call? Is it nothing to you? Is it nothing to you? Is it nothing, nothing to you? 2 Is it nothing to you that by and by You must travel death’s dark vale, Where Jordan’s waves the pathway laves, And all but Christ doth fail? [Refrain] 3 Is it nothing to you that some sweet day In the heavenly land so fair You may join the song that the ransomed throng Are forever singing there. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Is it nothing to you that heaven’s King]

Is It Nothing To You?

Author: John Ralston Clements Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11824 First Line: Is it nothing to you that Heaven’s king Refrain First Line: Is it nothing to you that grace is free Lyrics: 1 Is it nothing to you that Heaven’s king Came down to this world of woe? That He suffered and bled, and rose from the dead, That eternal life you might know? Refrain: Is it nothing to you that grace is free, And that God in His love doth call? Is it nothing to you? Is it nothing to you? Is it nothing, nothing to you? 2 Is it nothing to you that by and by You must travel death’s dark vale? Where Jordan’s cold wave does the pathway lave, And all but Christ doth fail? [Refrain] 3 Is it nothing to you that some sweet day, In the heavenly land so fair, You may join the song that the ransomed throng Are forever singing there? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Is it nothing to you that Heaven’s king]

Is It Nothing to You?

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Hymns of Praise Number Two #8 (1925) First Line: Is it nothing to you that heaven's King Refrain First Line: Is it nothing to you that grace is free Topics: Grace; Heaven; Invitation; Solos Languages: English Tune Title: [Is it nothing to you that heaven's King]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "Is it nothing to you that grace is free" in Revival Hymns John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

May Whittle Moody

1870 - 1963 Composer of "[Is it nothing to you that heaven’s King]" in Revival Hymns Mary (May) Jennette Whittle Moody 1870-1963. Born at Chicago, IL, daughter of hymnwriter, Daniel Webster Whittle (El Nathan), and, upon marrying, daughter-in-law to Dwight Lyman Moody, she attended Northfield School in MA (one of two schools founded there by D L Moody), after which she attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. She then attended the Royal Academy of Music in London, England (1890-91). She became a singer, organist, composer, and hymn editor. She assisted her father and Dwight L Moody in their evangelistic work. In 1894 she married William Revell Moody, and they had four children: Irene, Dwight, Beatrice, and Virginia. Only Beatrice lived to adulthood, the others died before age six. She and her husband returned to Northfield, MA, where her husband headed the schools founded by his father. She had an organ in her home, and she collaborated with her father by composing some of the tunes for his hymn lyrics. The last year of his life, her father, Daniel, lived with them (he died in 1901). She died at East Northfield, MA. John Perry