Text: | Come, ye thankful people, come |
Tune: | ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR |
Composer: | George J. Elvey |
1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of Harvest Home!
All is 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 We ourselves are 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 in that day
All offenses purge away:
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 are safely gathered in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin:
There forever purified,
In God's garner to abide;
Come, ten thousand angels, come,
Raise the glorious Harvest Home!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, ye thankful people, come |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR |
Composer: | George J. Elvey |
Meter: | 7s D. |
Notes: | Public Domain. |