Gospel Praise Book. ‎#18

18. Where Are the Harvesters?

1 Lo! the ripen’d grain is waving,
Ready for the harvest hands;
Calling loudly for more lab’rers,
See! the blessed Master stands.

Chorus:
Who is ready for the harvest?
Who will work for dying souls today?
Who will speak for the blessed Master?
Who will labor, watch, and pray?

2 Who is ready to obey Him?
Who, responsive to His word,
Now will go into the harvest,
Glad to labor for their Lord? [Chorus]

3 Workers, see, your Lord is standing,
Looking with benignant smile;
Watching all your faithful labors,
Giving you good cheer the while! [Chorus]

4 Say, is not the work a pleasure?
Is not toil a present joy?
Is not labor rest, when Jesus
Smiles upon your blest employ? [Chorus]

5 Who can tell the wealth of blessing,
Crowning that rich “harvest-home,”
When within the heavenly portals,
All the faithful lab’rers come? [Chorus]

6 O, the rapture!, O, the glory!
O, the wondrous feast of love!
When the sowers and the reapers
Gather in their house above. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! the ripen'd grain is waving
• Title: Where Are the Harvesters?
• Author: Mary D. James
• Refrain First Line: Who is ready for the harvest
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1885
• Topic: Christian Work; Missionary
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Lo! the ripen'd grain is waving]
• Composer: Asa Hull
• Notes: Public Domain.