Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#557

557. Come, Ye Thankful People

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 We ourselves are 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;
Grant, O harvest Lord, that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.

3 For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall purge away
All that doth offend, that day;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
• Title: Come, Ye Thankful People
• Author: Henry Alford (1810-1871) (1844)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.D.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Christan Life: Thankfulness

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (Elvey)
• Composer: George J. Elvey (1816-1893) (1858)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.D.
• Incipit: 33531 23335 31233
• Key: F Major or modal