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[Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves]

Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. W. Straub Incipit: 32117 65653 55333 Used With Text: What Will the Recompense Be?

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What Will the Recompense Be?

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves Refrain First Line: Gather, gather, gather the sheaves Lyrics: 1 Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves! The Master is coming this way; My heart o’er its folly and idleness grieves, And the hours it has squander’d away. Chorus: Gather, gather, gather the sheaves, Bound in the harvest for thee; O soul, if thy hand hath pluck’d nothing but leaves, What will the recompense be? 2 Harvester, harvester, faithful to God, O seek by the wayside and find, Grown in the weeds where the rank brambles nod, The wheat for the sheaves you would bind. [Chorus] 3 Harvester, harvester, work with a will, Soon will the harvest be done; While standing in idleness soul, art thou still? What have thy folded hands won? [Chorus] 4 Harvester, harvester, dally no more, And think what the Master would say, “Go gather the sheaves till the harvest is o’er, Go work with the reapers today!” [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves]

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What Will the Recompense Be?

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Good Will #85 (1882) First Line: Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves Refrain First Line: Gather, gather, gather the sheaves Lyrics: 1 Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves! The Master is coming this way; My heart o’er its folly and idleness grieves, And the hours it has squander’d away. Chorus: Gather, gather, gather the sheaves, Bound in the harvest for thee; O soul, if thy hand hath pluck’d nothing but leaves, What will the recompense be? 2 Harvester, harvester, faithful to God, O seek by the wayside and find, Grown in the weeds where the rank brambles nod, The wheat for the sheaves you would bind. [Chorus] 3 Harvester, harvester, work with a will, Soon will the harvest be done; While standing in idleness soul, art thou still? What have thy folded hands won? [Chorus] 4 Harvester, harvester, dally no more, And think what the Master would say, “Go gather the sheaves till the harvest is o’er, Go work with the reapers today!” [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves]
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What Will the Recompnse Be?

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Beautiful Songs; a new and choice collection of songs for the sunday school. Also, a responsive service for each month in the year #16 (1887) First Line: Harvester, harvester, gather thy sheaves Refrain First Line: Gather, gather, gather the sheaves Languages: English Tune Title: [Harvester, harvester, gather thy sheaves]

What will the Recompense Be?

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: The Morning Light, Enlarged #160a (1882) First Line: Harvester, harvester, gather thy sheaves Refrain First Line: Gather, gather, gather the sheaves Languages: English Tune Title: [Harvester, harvester, gather thy sheaves]

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "What Will the Recompense Be?" in Good Will Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================

S. W. Straub

1842 - 1899 Composer of "[Harvester, harvester, gather the sheaves]" in Good Will Solomon.W Straub Solomon was the brother of Maria Straub. His father Joseph was a farmer. His parents, who were of German descent. From Hymnary user, via email