Behold the Fields

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Behold, behold the fields already white

Author: Palmer Hartsough
Tune: [Behold! behold! the fields already white]
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Behold! behold! the fields already white,
Behold! behold! the fields already white,
The harvest great! the harvest great!
On every side the fields are white.
Come, O, come, now speaks the blessed Master,
Come, O, come, He calleth you and me;

Refrain:
Go ye forth today, Ye reapers, reapers,
Go ye forth today,
And gather in the golden grain.
And gather in the golden grain.
Go ye forth today, Ye reapers, reapers,
Go ye forth today,
And gather in the golden grain.
And gather in the golden grain.

2 Behold! behold! the fields already white,
Behold! behold! the fields already white,
The land we love, the land we love,
The glorious harvest field of God.
List, a call comes from the distant hamlet;
List whisper from the prairie wide; [Refrain]

Source: Hymns for Today: for Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies, The Church, The Home, Community Welfare Associations, and Patriotic Meetings #292

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Author: Palmer Hartsough

Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 191… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Behold, behold the fields already white
Title:	Behold the Fields
Author:	Palmer Hartsough
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Go ye forth today, ye reapers
Publication Date:	1899
Copyright:	Public Domain