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[See the shining fields of waving grain]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. S. Shepard Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 12332 17651 23123 Used With Text: Harvest Fields

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Harvest Fields

Author: F. S. S. Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: See the shining fields of waving grain Refrain First Line: There is work each may do Lyrics: 1 See the shining fields of waving grain, See the harvest fields so white! Overspreading ev'ry hill and plain, See the harvest fields so white! Chorus: There is work each may do, Work for me, work for you, And the lab'rers are so very few In the harvest fields so white! 2 Hear the Saviour, as he calleth thee To the harvest fields so white! "Come and labor earnestly for me In the harvest fields so white!" [Chorus] 3 Haste! the Master's urgent call obey, See the harvest fields so white! Quickly join the reaper's ranks today In the harvest fields so white! [Chorus] Used With Tune: [See the shining fields of waving grain]

Gottes Erntefeld

Author: F. S. S.; E. C. Magaret Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Herrlich wogt das goldne Aehrenfeld Refrain First Line: Jesus ruft auch mich und dich Used With Tune: [Herrlich wogt das goldne Aehrenfeld]

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Harvest Fields

Author: F. S. S. Hymnal: The Golden Sheaf #1 (1902) First Line: See the shining fields of waving grain Refrain First Line: There is work each may do Lyrics: 1 See the shining fields of waving grain, See the harvest fields so white! Overspreading ev'ry hill and plain, See the harvest fields so white! Chorus: There is work each may do, Work for me, work for you, And the lab'rers are so very few In the harvest fields so white! 2 Hear the Saviour, as he calleth thee To the harvest fields so white! "Come and labor earnestly for me In the harvest fields so white!" [Chorus] 3 Haste! the Master's urgent call obey, See the harvest fields so white! Quickly join the reaper's ranks today In the harvest fields so white! [Chorus] Tune Title: [See the shining fields of waving grain]
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Harvest Fields

Author: F. S. S. Hymnal: Honey Out of the Rock #7 (1894) First Line: See the shining fields of waving grain Refrain First Line: There is work that each may do Lyrics: 1 See the shining fields of waving grain, See the harvest fields so white! Overspreading ev’ry hill and plain, See the harvest fields so white! Refrain: There is work that each may do, Work for me and work for you, And the lab’rers are so very few In the harvest fields so white. 2 Hear the Savior, as He calleth thee To the harvest fields so white! “Come and labor earnestly for me In the harvest fields so white.” [Refrain] 3 Haste! the Master’s urgent call obey, See the harvest fields so white! Quickly join the reaper’s ranks today In the harvest fields so white. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [See the shining fields of waving grain]
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Harvest Fields

Author: F. S. S. Hymnal: Praise and Thanks #B1-50 (1913) First Line: See the shining fields of waving grain Refrain First Line: There is work that each may do Languages: English Tune Title: [See the shining fields of waving grain]

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Franklin L. Sheppard

1852 - 1930 Author of "Harvest Fields" in The Cyber Hymnal Franklin L. Sheppard (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1852; d. Germantown, PA, 1930) arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school hymnal Alleluia (1915), edited by Sheppard (Babcock and Sheppard were friends). After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sheppard entered the family foundry business in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1875. He was organist at Zion Episcopal Church and later was an elder and music director of the Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. President of the Presbyterian Board of Publications, Sheppard also served on the committee that prepared the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1911. In the history of hymnody he is remembered primarily for arranging the tune TERRA BEATA for “This Is My Father's World.” Bert Polman

E. C. Magaret

1845 - 1924 Translator of "Gottes Erntefeld" in Die Kleine Palme No. 2

F. S. Shepard

1840 - 1907 Person Name: F. S. S. Author of "Harvest Fields" in The Golden Sheaf Fred S. Shepard
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