Author: Henry Alford (1810-1871) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 727 hymnals Scripture: Mark 8:38 Lyrics: 1 Come, you thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest home:
all is safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, will 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,
bearing fruit his praise to yield;
wheat and tares together sown,
are to 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.
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 storehouse evermore.
4 Even so, Lord, quickly come;
to thy final harvest home:
gather all your people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin;
there, for ever purified,
in your presence to abide:
come, with all your angels come,
raise the glorious harvest home! Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in times and seasons; God in judgement and justice; Harvest; Heaven Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
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