The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9511

9511. To Praise The Ever Bounteous Lord

1 To praise the ever bounteous Lord,
My soul, wake all thy powers;
He calls, and at His voice come forth
The smiling harvest hours.

2 His covenant with the earth He keeps;
My tongue His goodness sing:
Summer and winter know their time,
His harvest crowns the spring.

3 Well pleased the toiling swains behold
The waving yellow crop:
With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.

4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow
The seeds of righteousness:
Smile on my soul, and with Thy beams
The ripening harvest bless.

5 Then in the last great harvest I
Shall reap a glorious crop:
The harvest shall by far exceed
What I have sowed in hope.

Text Information

• First Line: To praise the ever bounteous Lord
• Title: To Praise The Ever Bounteous Lord
• Author: John Needham
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Devotional and Moral on Various Subjects (Bristol, England: S. Farley, 1768)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: EVAN
• Composer: William Havergal (1847)
• Adapter: Lowell Mason (1850)
• Meter: CM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain