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SDAH 358
Far and near the fields are teeming
with the sheaves of ripened grain;
Far and near their gold is gleaming
O’er the sunny slope and plain.


Text
1
Far and near the fields are teeming
with the sheaves of ripened grain;
Far and near their gold is gleaming
O’er the sunny slope and plain.
Refrain
Lord of harvest, send forth reapers!
Hear us Lord,to Thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gather,
Ere the harvest-time pass by.
2
Send them forth with morn’s first beaming,
Send them in the noon-tides’s glare;
When the sun’s last rays are streaming,
bid them gather everywhere.
3
O thou, whom thy Lord is sending,
gather now the sheaves of gold;
Heavenward then at evening wending
Thou shalt come with joy untold.

Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) John 4:35 (b) Eccl 11:6 (c) Ps 126:5 (r) Matt 9:38
Author
J.O. Thompson
Year Published
1885
Hymn Tune
HARVEST
Metrical Number
8.7.8.7.Ref.
Composer
J.B.O. Clemm
Year Composed
1895

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