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Come, children, lift your voices

Author: Claudia Frances Hernaman (1878)
Tune: HARVEST (Tours)
Published in 42 hymnals

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1 Come, children, lift your voices,
And sing with us today,
As to the Lord of harvest,
Our grateful vows we pay.
We thank thee, Lord, for sending
The gentle showers of rain,
For summer suns which ripened
The fields of golden gran.

2 Come, join our glad procession,
As onward still we move,
Rejoicing in the tokens
Of God our Father's love.
All good is his creation,
All beautiful and fair,
Birds, insects, beasts and fishes,
Our harvest gladness share.

3 May we by holy living
Thy praises echo forth,
And tell thy boundless mercies
To all the listening earth;
May we grow up as branches,
In Christ, the one True Vine,
Bear fruit to life eternal,
And be forever thine.

Source: The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #19

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Author: Claudia Frances Hernaman

Hernaman, Claudia Frances, née Ibotson, daughter of W. H. Ibotson, sometime Vicar of Edwinstowe, Notts, was born at Addlestone, Surrey, Oct. 19, 1838, and married Sept. 1858, to the Rev. J. W. D. Hernaman, one of H. M. Inspectors of Schools. Mrs. Hernaman has composed more than 150 hymns, a great proportion of which are for children, and also some translations from the Latin. Her publications include:— (1) The Child's Book of Praise; A Manual of Devotion in Simple Verse by C. F. H. Edited by the Rev. James Skinner, M.A., &c, 1873 ; (2) The Story of the Resurrection 1879; (3) Christmas Story, 1881; (4) Christmas Carols for Children, 1st series, 1884; 2nd series, 1885; (5) The Way of the Cross, a Metrical Litany, 1885; (6) Hymns for the S… Go to person page >

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