The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1693

1693. Garnered Sheaves

1. At the feet of the blessèd Master
We would lay our garnered sheaves;
When we come, and all empty handed,
Surely sore the Master grieves!

Refrain
Garnered sheaves from the fields so white to harvest!
Garnered sheaves richly yields life’s golden harvest!
At the feet of the Blessèd Master
We would lay our garnered sheaves.

2. While the fields then are white with harvest,
And the laborers are few,
Let us strive well to fill the garner,
And be reapers staunch and true. [Refrain]

3. O the joy of successful labor!
O the joy of work well done!
O the joy of the Master’s praises
To the soul whose crown is won! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: At the feet of the blessèd Master
• Title: Garnered Sheaves
• Author: Edmund Simon Lorenz (1888)
• Refrain First Line: Garnered sheaves from the fields so white to harvest!
• Language: English
• Source: Garnered Sheaves of Song for the Sunday School, by Lorenz and Isaiah Baltzell (Dayton, Ohio: W. J. Shuey, 1888), number 1
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: The author is shown as E. D. Mund, Lorenz' pseudonym.

Tune Information

• Name: [At the feet of the blessèd Master]
• Composer: Isaiah Baltzell
• Incipit: 12331 23453 13221
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain