Author: Henry Hart Milman Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 42 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 The angel comes, he comes to reap
The harvest of the Lord!
O'er all the earth, with fatal sweep,
Wide waves his flaming sword.
2 And who are they, in sheaves to bide
The fire of vengeance bound?
The tares, whose rank luxuriant pride
Choked the fair crop around.
3 And who are they, reserved in store
God's treasure-house to fill?
The wheat, a hundred fold that bore
Amid surrounding ill.
4 O King of mercy! grant us power
Thy fiery wrath to flee!
In Thy destroying angel's hour,
O gather us to Thee!
Topics: Death and Eternity Judgment; Epiphany, Fifth Sunday; Ninth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: CHESHIRE
The angel comes, he comes to reap