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20. Sheaf and Crown

1 O bring your best songs to our Savior today,
His love is our sun and our shield;
With joy let us go where he beckons the way,
And gather bright sheaves in his field.

Refrain:
The glittering sheaves, O, gather them in!
Precious their cost,
Let none be lost;
Labor and sing till the evening bells ring,
And bring all the golden sheaves in.

2 The Master toiled early and late for us all,
Nor tho’t of his own weary feet;
O let us in gratitude answer his call,
And work for his recompense sweet. [Refrain]

3 The harvest is ripe and the hour grows late,
O haste ere the darkness comes down!
Let each take a sheaf to the beautiful gate,
And Jesus will give us a crown. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O bring your best songs to our Savior today
Title: Sheaf and Crown
Author: Adaline Hohf
Refrain First Line: The glittering sheaves, O, gather them in
Publication Date: 1889
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [O bring your best songs to our Savior today]
Composer: T. Martin Towne
Notes: Public Domain.



Media
MIDI file: MIDI

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