CPWI Hymnal ‎#328

328. Lord of the harvest! It is right and meet

1 Lord of the harvest! It is right and meet
that we should lay our first-fruits at thy feet
with joyful alleluia.

2 Sweet is the soul’s thanksgiving after prayer;
sweet is the worship that with heaven we share,
who sing the alleluia!

3 Lowly we prayed, and thou didst hear on high —
didst lift our hearts and change our suppliant cry
to festal alleluia.

4 So sing we now in tune with that great song,
that all the age of ages shall prolong,
the endless alleluia.

5 To thee, O Lord of harvest, who hast heard,
and to thy white-robed reapers given the word,
we sing our alleluia.

6 O Christ, who in the wide world’s ghostly sea
hast bid the net be cast anew, to thee
we sing our alleluia.

7 To thee, Eternal Spirit, who again
hast moved with life upon the slumberous main,
we sing our alleluia.

8 Yea, west and east the companies go forth;
'We come!' is sounding to the south and north;
to God sing alleluia.

9 The fishermen of Jesus far away
seek in new waters an immortal prey;
to Christ sing alleluia.

10 The Holy Dove is brooding o’er the deep,
and careless hearts are waking out of sleep;
to him sing alleluia.

11 Yea, for sweet hope new-born — blest work begun —
sing alleluia to the Three in One,
adoring alleluia.

12 Glory to God! The church in patience cries;
glory to God! The church at rest replies,
with endless alleluia.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord of the harvest! It is right and meet
• Author: Samuel John Stone, 1839-1900
• Meter: 10.10.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: General Hymns: Church/Fellowship/Mission

Tune Information

• Name: HARVEST
• Composer: C. J. Frost, 19th-20th century
• Meter: 10.10.7
• Key: G Major