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Seeking Lost Jewels

Author: Mary B. Wingate Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I sought for a golden harvest Refrain First Line: O teach us, dear Lord of the harvest

[I sought for a golden harvest]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 33234 33111 71223 Used With Text: Seeking lost jewels

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Author: Mrs. Mary B. Wingate Hymnal: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #44 (1904) First Line: I sought for a golden harvest Refrain First Line: O teach us, dear Lord of the harvest Lyrics: 1 I sought for a golden harvest, I sought it from shore to shore; Returning, in doubt and sorrow, I found it lay close at my door; I sought for a wonderful jewel, I sought it far over the strand, I found it at last in my pathway, ‘Twas lying there close to my hand. Refrain: O teach us, dear Lord of the harvest, To gather the ripe, golden wheat, The wonderful, wonderful jewels, And lay them at thy blessed feet. 2 The harvest for which we’re longing Are sheaves for that great, great day; The wonderful, precious jewels Are souls that are going astray. The harvest is waiting our gleaning To yield us the ripe, golden wheat. The wonderful, wonderful jewels, Are lying so close to our feet. [Refrain] 3 We’re longing to bring to Jesus Some service, far-reaching, grand, He bids us to seek around us, The harvest is close to our hand. Today he is bidding us seek them, The sinful, the lowly, and poor, The wonderful, wonderful jewels, Are lying so close to our door. [Refrain] Topics: Service-Work Tune Title: [I sought for a golden harvest]

Seeking Lost Jewels

Author: Mrs. Mary B. Wingate Hymnal: Songs of the Century #24 (1900) First Line: I sought for a golden harvest Refrain First Line: O teach us, dear Lord of the harvest Languages: English Tune Title: [I sought for a golden harvest]

Seeking lost jewels

Author: Mary B. Wingate Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #85 (1911) First Line: I sought for a golden harvest Refrain First Line: O teach us, dear Lord of the harvest Topics: Harvest; Rally Day; Service Languages: English Tune Title: [I sought for a golden harvest]

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H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Composer of "[I sought for a golden harvest]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry