Text:Come, ye thankful people, come
Author:Henry Alford (1810-1871)
Tune:ST GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Composer:George Job Elvey (1816-1893)
Composer (descant):John Barnard (b. 1948)

282. Come, ye thankful people, come

1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest-home:
all be safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come;
raise the song of harvest-home!

2 All the world is God's own field,
fruit unto his praise to yield;
wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear:
grant, O harvest Lord, that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.

3 For the Lord our God shall come,
and shall take his harvest home;
from his field shall purge away
all that doth offend, that day;
give his angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in his garner evermore.

4 Then, thou Church Triumphant, come,
raise the song of harvest-home;
all be safely gathered in,
free from sorrow, free from sin,
there for ever purified
in God's garner to abide:
come, ten thousand angels, come,
raise the glorious harvest-home!

Text Information
First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
Author: Henry Alford (1810-1871) (alt.)
Meter: 77 77 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Angels; Children and All-Age Worship; Church: nature of (7 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Composer (descant): John Barnard (b. 1948)
Composer: George Job Elvey (1816-1893)
Meter: 77 77 D
Key: F Major
Copyright: Adaptation: Descant © John Barnard / The Jubilate Group. Administered by The Jubilate Group, Kitley House, St Katherines Road, Torquay TQ1 4DE Used by permission.



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