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Lord of the harvest, bend Thine ear

Lord of the harvest, bend Thine ear

Author: Thomas Hastings
Tune: MIGDOL
Published in 38 hymnals

Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Lord of the harvest, bend Thine ear
Author: Thomas Hastings
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 38 of 38)
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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #193

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A Selection of Hymns #269

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Church Psalmist #816

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Church Psalmist #816

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Evangelical Hymnal #471

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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #276

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #471

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #684

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #57

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Missionary Hymns #54

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d481

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d472

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Psalms and Hymns #547

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d231

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Social Hymn Book #399

Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part I #d122

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Songs of Pilgrimage #48

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #812

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #261.812

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The Baptist Hymn Book #812

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The Baptist Praise Book #1169

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #541

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #407

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d425

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The Evangelical Hymnal #414

The Gospel Praise Book #d263

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d377

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d328

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad328

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The National Baptist Hymnal #527

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #270

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #886

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #886

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #233

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The Songs of Zion #444

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