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All things are ready, Come

Summary of Albert Midlane's popular invitation hymn "All things are ready, Come," written in 1860.

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"All things are ready, Come" is an invitation hymn written by English hymnwriter Albert Midlane in July 1860. Composed in Short Meter across five four-line stanzas, it was first published in The Ambassador's Hymn Book in 1861 (No. 49).

The original text was included in Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book (1866, No. 504) and rapidly spread across numerous hymnals in Great Britain and North America. It came to be regarded as one of Midlane's most widely adopted and enduring gospel hymns.

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