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Author: Clara McAlister Brooks Meter: 9.8.9.8 D with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: The Lord of the harvest is calling For laborers true in His field Refrain First Line: They perish, they perish, yet Jesus to save Lyrics: 1 The Lord of the harvest is calling For laborers true in His field, To gather the sheaves ere they perish, When mercy no more is revealed; We bask in the sunlight of glory, On heavenly manna we’re fed, While souls o’er the ocean, in darkness, Are starving for life-giving bread. Refrain: They perish, they perish, Yet Jesus to save them has died; Go pay them the debt that we owe them, Those souls who in darkness abide. 2 The Savior hath given us freely Salvation and grace through His name, He bids us to publish His gospel, Its words to all creatures proclaim; We’re debtors to those who are dying, And never its power have known; Can we who so richly are favored Still leave them to perish alone? [Refrain] 3 When taking His word to the lost ones, It is not a gift we bestow: By working and praying and giving, We pay but the debt that we owe; If millions are lost at the judgment, Their cries shall our conscience upbraid, Because when their souls we could rescue, Our debt unto them was not paid. [Refrain] 4 Much grain now is falling ungathered, While many stand idle and wait; The harvest time soon will be ended, For garnering then ’tis too late; O soul, prove thy love to the Savior, For what He has done unto thee, By sending the tidings of mercy To lost ones o’er land and o’er sea. [Refrain] Select Hymns, 1911 (Timeless Truths)

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[The Lord of the harvest is calling]

Meter: 9.8.9.8 D with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Andrew L. Byers Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Debt_We_Owe); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (337); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (326) Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 53332 12311 17121 Used With Text: The Debt We Owe

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The Debt We Owe

Author: Clara M. Brooks Hymnal: Timeless Truths #876 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D with refrain First Line: The Lord of the harvest is calling Refrain First Line: They perish, they perish Lyrics: 1 The Lord of the harvest is calling For laborers true in His field, To gather the sheaves ere they perish, When mercy no more is revealed; We bask in the sunlight of glory, On heavenly manna we’re fed, While souls o’er the ocean, in darkness, Are starving for life-giving bread. Refrain: They perish, they perish, Yet Jesus to save them has died; Go pay them the debt that we owe them, Those souls who in darkness abide. 2 The Savior hath given us freely Salvation and grace through His name, He bids us to publish His gospel, Its words to all creatures proclaim; We’re debtors to those who are dying, And never its power have known; Can we who so richly are favored Still leave them to perish alone? [Refrain] 3 When taking His word to the lost ones, It is not a gift we bestow: By working and praying and giving, We pay but the debt that we owe; If millions are lost at the judgment, Their cries shall our conscience upbraid, Because when their souls we could rescue, Our debt unto them was not paid. [Refrain] 4 Much grain now is falling ungathered, While many stand idle and wait; The harvest time soon will be ended, For garnering then ’tis too late; O soul, prove thy love to the Savior, For what He has done unto thee, By sending the tidings of mercy To lost ones o’er land and o’er sea. [Refrain] Topics: Missionary Scripture: Luke 10:2 Tune Title: [The Lord of the harvest is calling]

The Debt We Owe

Author: Clara M. Brooks Hymnal: Songs of Grace and Glory #188 (1918) First Line: The Lord of the harvest is calling Refrain First Line: They perish, they perish Topics: Missionary Tune Title: [The Lord of the harvest is calling]

The Debt We Owe

Author: Clara McAlister Hymnal: Truth in Song #258 (1907) First Line: The Lord of the harvest is calling Topics: Missionary Languages: English Tune Title: [The Lord of the harvest is calling]

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A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Person Name: Andrew L. Byers Composer of "[The Lord of the harvest is calling]" in Timeless Truths Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.

Clara McAlister Brooks

1882 - 1980 Person Name: Clara M. Brooks Author of "The Debt We Owe" in Timeless Truths Birth: Oct. 9, 1882, Parke County, Indiana, USA Death: Mar. 20, 1980, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Clara McAlister Brooks was one of our early songwriters and four of her pieces are in the current hymnal. From the earliest days of the movement we have had women prominent in all forms of our ministry—missionaries, evangelists, teachers, pastors, and God has honored their sacrificial labors. For that reason we can stand in amazement when here, in the 1970s, such old-line denominations as the Episcopal church are being racked with controversy over whether the ordination of women is permissible. But before we gather Pharisaic robes about ourselves, perhaps we need to look candidly at the way in which we, too, succumbed to some of the cultural and prejudicial patterns of later decades! --www.whwomenclergy.org/articles/