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Text: | Come, ye thankful people, come |
Author: | Henry Alford, 1810-71 |
Tune: | ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR |
Composer: | George J. Elvey, 1816 - 93 |
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 All the world is 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:
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be. A-men.
3 For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take his harvest home;
From his field shall in that day
All offences 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 Even so, Lord, quickly come
To thy final harvest-home;
Gather thou thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin,
There for ever purified,
In thy presence to abide:
Come, with all thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest-home.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, ye thankful people, come |
Author: | Henry Alford, 1810-71 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | Church Life and Work: Rogation and Harvest |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR |
Composer: | George J. Elvey, 1816 - 93 |
Meter: | 7 7, 7 7. D. |
Key: | G Major |