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Come, You Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 722 hymnals Scripture: Mark 4:28 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, does provide for our needs to be supplied; come, with all his people come, raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, fruit unto his praise to yield; wheat and weeds 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. 3 For the Lord our God shall come and shall take his harvest home; he himself in that great day all offense shall take away, give his angels charge at last in the fire the weeds to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come to your final harvest home; gather all your people in, free from sorrow, free from sin there, forever purified, in your presence to abide; come, with all your angels come, raise the glorious harvest home. Topics: Return of Christ; Songs for Children Hymns; Church and Mission; Angels; Harvest; Missions; New Creation; Return of Christ; Thanksgiving & Gratitude Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

For the Fruits of His Creation

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 70 hymnals Scripture: Mark 4:26-27 Lyrics: 1 For the fruits of His creation, Thanks be to God. For His gifts to ev'ry nation, Thanks be to God. For the plowing, sowing, reaping, Silent growth while we are sleeping, Future needs in earth's safekeeping, Thanks be to God. 2 In the just reward of labor, God's will be done. In the help we give our neighbor, God's will is done. In our worldwide task of caring For the hungry and despairing, In the harvests we are sharing, God's will is done. 3 For the harvests of the Spirit, Thanks be to God. For the good we all inherit, Thanks be to God. For the wonders that astound us, For the truths that still confound us, Most of all, that love has found us, Thanks be to God. Topics: Harvest and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS

The Kingdom of God

Author: Bryn A. Rees, b. 1911 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Mark 4:26-34 First Line: The Kingdom of God is justice and joy Topics: Parables Used With Tune: LAUDATE DOMINUM

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ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 635 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George J. Elvey; Craig S. Lang Scripture: Mark 4:28 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33531 23335 31233 Used With Text: Come, You Thankful People, Come

AR HYD Y NOS

Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 277 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Scripture: Mark 4:26-27 Tune Sources: Welsh, 18th cent. Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 17612 17567 71176 Used With Text: For the Fruits of His Creation

NOËL NOUVELET

Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 102 hymnals Scripture: Mark 4:28 Tune Sources: French carol, 15th c. Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 15645 34453 21156 Used With Text: Now the Green Blade Rises

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How Firm a Foundation

Hymnal: Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #683 (2012) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Scripture: Mark 4:31-41 First Line: How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent Word! What more can he say than to you he has said, To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed, For I am your God, and will still give you aid; I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand." 3 "When through the deep waters I call you to go, The rivers of woe shall not you overflow; For I will be with you, your troubles to bless, And sanctify to you, your deepest distress." 4 "The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake!" Topics: Care of the Sick; Comfort; Confidence; Courage; Faith; Grief; Hope; Love of God for Us; Providence; Rites of the Church Rite of Anointing (Care of the Sick); Saints; Suffering; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: FOUNDATION

Jesus, Savior, pilot me

Author: Edward Hopper, 1818-1888 Hymnal: The Hymnal #357 (1956) Scripture: Mark 4:30-31 Topics: Death; Guidance; The Sea; Living the Saintly Life Guidance Tune Title: PILOT

Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me

Author: Edward Hopper, 1816-1888 Hymnal: Hymns for a Pilgrim People #429 (2007) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7 Scripture: Mark 4:30 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Savior, pilot me, Over life's tempestuous sea; Unknown waves before me roll, Hiding rock and treach'rous shoal; Chart and compass come from Thee: Jesus, Savior, pilot me! 2 As a mother stills her child, Thou canst hush the ocean wild; Boist'rous waves obey Thy will When Thou say'st to them, "Be still!" Wondrous Sov'reign of the sea, Jesus, Saviour, pilot me! 3 When at last I near the shore, And the fearful breakers roar 'Twixt me and the peaceful rest, Then, while leaning on Thy breast, May I hear Thee say to me, "Fear not, I will pilot thee!" Amen. Topics: Comfort; Guidance; Pilgrim / Pilgrimage Languages: English Tune Title: PILOT

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Henry Alford

1810 - 1871 Scripture: Mark 4:28 Author of "Come, You Thankful People, Come" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Alford, Henry, D.D., son of the Rev. Henry Alford, Rector of Aston Sandford, b. at 25 Alfred Place, Bedford Row, London, Oct. 7, 1810, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in honours, in 1832. In 1833 he was ordained to the Curacy of Ampton. Subsequently he held the Vicarage of Wymeswold, 1835-1853,--the Incumbency of Quebec Chapel, London, 1853-1857; and the Deanery of Canterbury, 1857 to his death, which took. place at Canterbury, Jan. 12, 1871. In addition he held several important appointments, including that of a Fellow of Trinity, and the Hulsean Lectureship, 1841-2. His literary labours extended to every department of literature, but his noblest undertaking was his edition of the Greek Testament, the result of 20 years' labour. His hymnological and poetical works, given below, were numerous, and included the compiling of collections, the composition of original hymns, and translations from other languages. As a hymn-writer he added little to his literary reputation. The rhythm of his hymns is musical, but the poetry is neither striking, nor the thought original. They are evangelical in their teaching, but somewhat cold and conventional. They vary greatly in merit, the most popular being "Come, ye thankful people, come," "In token that thou shalt not fear," and "Forward be our watchword." His collections, the Psalms and Hymns of 1844, and the Year of Praise, 1867, have not achieved a marked success. His poetical and hymnological works include— (1) Hymns in the Christian Observer and the Christian Guardian, 1830. (2) Poems and Poetical Fragments (no name), Cambridge, J. J. Deighton, 1833. (3) The School of the Heart, and other Poems, Cambridge, Pitt Press, 1835. (4) Hymns for the Sundays and Festivals throughout the Year, &c.,Lond., Longman ft Co., 1836. (5) Psalms and Hymns, adapted for the Sundays and Holidays throughout the year, &c, Lond., Rivington, 1844. (6) Poetical Works, 2 vols., Lond., Rivington, 1845. (7) Select Poetical Works, London, Rivington, 1851. (8) An American ed. of his Poems, Boston, Ticknor, Reed & Field, 1853(9) Passing away, and Life's Answer, poems in Macmillan's Magazine, 1863. (10) Evening Hexameters, in Good Words, 1864. (11) On Church Hymn Books, in the Contemporary Review, 1866. (12) Year of Praise, London, A. Strahan, 1867. (13) Poetical Works, 1868. (14) The Lord's Prayer, 1869. (15) Prose Hymns, 1844. (16) Abbot of Muchelnaye, 1841. (17) Hymns in British Magazine, 1832. (18) A translation of Cantemus cuncti, q.v. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Alford, Henry, p. 39, ii. The following additional hymns by Dean Alford are in common use:— 1. Herald in the wilderness. St. John Baptist. (1867.) 2. Let the Church of God rejoice. SS. Simon and Jude. (1844, but not in his Psalms & Hymns of that year.) 3. Not in anything we do. Sexagesima. (1867.) 4. O Thou at Whose divine command. Sexagesima. (1844.) 5. 0 why on death so bent? Lent. (1867.) 6. Of all the honours man may wear. St. Andrew's Day. (1867.) 7. Our year of grace is wearing to a close. Close of the Year. (1867.) 8. Saviour, Thy Father's promise send. Whit-sunday. (1844.) 9. Since we kept the Saviour's birth. 1st Sunday after Trinity. (1867.) 10. Thou that art the Father's Word. Epiphany. (1844.) 11. Thou who on that wondrous journey. Quinquagesima. (1867.) 12. Through Israel's coasts in times of old. 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. (1867.) 13. Thy blood, O Christ, hath made our peace. Circumcision . (1814.) 14. When in the Lord Jehovah's name. For Sunday Schools. (1844.) All these hymns are in Dean Alford's Year of Praise, 1867, and the dates are those of their earliest publication, so far as we have been able to trace the same. --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George J. Elvey

1816 - 1893 Scripture: Mark 4:28 Composer of "ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music. Bert Polman

Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Person Name: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Scripture: Mark 4:26-27 Author of "For the Fruits of His Creation" in Lutheran Service Book The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

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