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Author: G. C. T. Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: A happy band of reapers we Refrain First Line: Oh, join then the reaper's band Lyrics: 1 A happy band of reapers we March on with hearts so light and free; Forth to the fields which ripened stand, Awaiting now the reaper’s hand; No idle task have they to do, For lab’rers in the field are few; The Master’s calling, the need’s appalling For loyal reapers strong and true. Refrain: Oh, join the reapers’ band, Your sheaves with gladness bring, For one and all should heed the call Of Christ our King. Oh, rally at His command, His reapers strong and true, The call is great, for fields that wait Have need of you. 2 The seeds in Springtime that were sown To harvests bountiful have grown, And joyful songs today we hear As reapers with their sheaves draw near; With willing hands we join the throng, And with our voices raised in song, From hill and valley today we rally, For we to Christ the King belong. [Refrain] 3 The harvest days are passing by For swiftly do the moments fly, A faithful vigil we must keep If precious sheaves we hope to reap; How great the price some soul must pay For ev’ry moment we delay! Some hearts are sighing and some are dying, To know the true and living way. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [A happy band of reapers we]

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[A happy band of reapers we]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Used With Text: Join the reapers' band

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Join the reapers' band

Author: G. C. T. Hymnal: The Kingdom of Praise #64 (1920) First Line: A happy band of reapers we Refrain First Line: Oh, join then the reaper's band Lyrics: 1 A happy band of reapers we March on with hearts so light and free; Forth to the fields which ripened stand, Awaiting now the reaper’s hand; No idle task have they to do, For lab’rers in the field are few; The Master’s calling, the need’s appalling For loyal reapers strong and true. Refrain: Oh, join the reapers’ band, Your sheaves with gladness bring, For one and all should heed the call Of Christ our King. Oh, rally at His command, His reapers strong and true, The call is great, for fields that wait Have need of you. 2 The seeds in Springtime that were sown To harvests bountiful have grown, And joyful songs today we hear As reapers with their sheaves draw near; With willing hands we join the throng, And with our voices raised in song, From hill and valley today we rally, For we to Christ the King belong. [Refrain] 3 The harvest days are passing by For swiftly do the moments fly, A faithful vigil we must keep If precious sheaves we hope to reap; How great the price some soul must pay For ev’ry moment we delay! Some hearts are sighing and some are dying, To know the true and living way. [Refrain] Tune Title: [A happy band of reapers we]

Join the Reapers' Band

Author: G. C. T. Hymnal: Sunday School Melodies #14 (1914) First Line: A happy band of reapers we Refrain First Line: Oh, join then the reaper's band Languages: English Tune Title: [A happy band of reapers we]

Join the reapers' band

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: Convention Hymns selected from Sunday School Melodies #d2 (1914) First Line: A happy band of reapers Refrain First Line: O join then the reaper's band Languages: English

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Person Name: G. C. T. Author of "Join the reapers' band" in The Kingdom of Praise Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Composer of "[A happy band of reapers we]" in The Kingdom of Praise Pseudonyms Charles C. Ackley (taken from his wife’s name, Clarissa Ackley Cowan) Broughton Edwards Floyd Engle (from his address on Floyd Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Arthur Grantley Bruce Kennedy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton