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Sing to the Lord of Harvest
Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 122 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord of harvest,
sing songs of love and praise,
with joyful hearts and voices
your hallelujahs raise;
by whom the rolling seasons
in fruitful order move;
sing to the Lord of harvest
a joyous song of love.
2 God makes the clouds drop fatness,
the deserts bloom and spring,
the hills leap up in gladness,
the valleys laugh and sing.
God fills them all with fullness,
all things with large increase;
and crowns the year with goodness,
with plenty and with peace.
3 Bring to this sacred altar
all things God's goodness gave,
the golden sheaves of harvest,
the souls Christ died to save:
your hearts lay down before him
when at his feet you fall,
and with your lives adore him
who gave his life for all. Used With Tune: WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN
Sing to the Lord of Harvest
All Beautiful the March of Days
Author: Frances Whitmarsh Wile Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Lyrics: 1 All beautiful the march of days,
as seasons come and go;
the hand that shaped the rose hath wrought
the crystal of the snow,
has sent the silvery frost of heaven,
the flowing waters sealed,
and laid a silent loveliness
on hill and wood and field.
2 O’er white expanses sparkling pure
the radiant morns unfold;
the solemn splendours of the night
burn brighter through the cold;
life mounts in every throbbing vein,
love deepens round the hearth,
and clearer sounds the angel hymn,
good will to all on earth.
3 O God, from whose unfathomed law
the year in beauty flows,
yourself the vision passing by
in crystal and in rose,
day unto day declare thro' speech,
and night to night proclaim,
in ever-changing words of light
the wonder of your name. Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN
All Beautiful the March of Days
Come, Ye Thankful People
Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 737 hymnals Topics: Rural Life; Rural Life First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come! Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people come!
Raise the song of harvest home.
All is safely gathered in
ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker, doth provide
for our need 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,
fruit unto God’s praise to yield;
wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear.
God of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For our God again shall come,
and shall take the harvest home,
from the field shall in that day
all offenses cast away,
giving angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in God’s garner evermore.
4 Then, O church triumphant, come.
Raise the song of harvest home.
All are safely gathered in,
free from sorrow, free from sin;
there forever purified
in God’s presence to abide.
Come, ten thousand angels, come!
Raise the song of harvest home. Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 Used With Tune: ST GEORGE’S WINDSOR Text Sources: based on Psalm 103; Psalms and Hymns, 1844, alt.
Come, Ye Thankful People
ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 686 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George J. Elvey; H. A. Chambers Topics: Rural Life Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33531 23335 31233 Used With Text: Come, O Thankful People, Come
ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
WIR PFLÜGEN
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 313 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Topics: Rural Life Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51155 31543 21556 Used With Text: We Plough the Fields
WIR PFLÜGEN
FAITHFULNESS
Appears in 178 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William M. Runyan Topics: Rural Life Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33332 24444 36765 Used With Text: Great Is Thy Faithfulness
FAITHFULNESS
Come, Ye Thankful People
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: Voices Together #123 (2020) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Rural Life; Rural Life First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come! Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people come!
Raise the song of harvest home.
All is safely gathered in
ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker, doth provide
for our need 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,
fruit unto God’s praise to yield;
wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear.
God of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For our God again shall come,
and shall take the harvest home,
from the field shall in that day
all offenses cast away,
giving angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in God’s garner evermore.
4 Then, O church triumphant, come.
Raise the song of harvest home.
All are safely gathered in,
free from sorrow, free from sin;
there forever purified
in God’s presence to abide.
Come, ten thousand angels, come!
Raise the song of harvest home. Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 Tune Title: ST GEORGE’S WINDSOR
Come, Ye Thankful People
God of the Fertile Fields
Author: Georgia Harkness Hymnal: Voices Together #750 (2020) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Topics: Rural Life Scripture: Genesis 1:11-13 Tune Title: ITALIAN HYMN
God of the Fertile Fields
En medio de la vida (You Are the God Within Life)
Author: Mortimer Arias; George Lockwood; Adam M. L. Tice Hymnal: Voices Together #526 (2020) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Topics: Rural Life Refrain First Line: O Dios de cielo y tierra (O God of earth and heaven) Scripture: Psalm 139:7-12 Languages: Spanish Tune Title: BOLIVIANO
En medio de la vida (You Are the God Within Life)
Henry Alford
1810 - 1871 Topics: Rural Life; Rural Life Author of "Come, Ye Thankful People" in Voices Together 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)
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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)
Henry Alford
George J. Elvey
1816 - 1893 Topics: Rural Life; Rural Life Composer of "ST GEORGE’S WINDSOR" in Voices Together 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
George J. Elvey
Felice Giardini
1716 - 1796 Person Name: Felice de Giardini Topics: Rural Life Composer of "ITALIAN HYMN" in Voices Together Felice Giardini, born in Italy. When young, he studied singing, harpsichord, and violin. He became a composer and violin virtuoso. By age 12 he was playing in theatre orchestras. His most instructive lesson: While playing a solo passage during an opera, he decided to show off his skills by improvising several bravura variations that the composer, Jommelli, had not written . Although the audience applauded loudly, Jomelli, who happened to be there, went up and slapped Giardini in the face. He learned a lesson from that. He toured Europe as a violinist, considered one of the greatest musical artists of his time. He served as orchestra leader and director of the Italian Opera in London, giving concerts. He tried to run a theatre in Naples, but encountered adversity. He went to Russia, but had little fortune there, where he died.
John Perry
Felice Giardini
