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SDAH 557: Come, Ye Thankful People

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SDAH 557

Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin.

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Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide
For our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come;
Raise the song of harvest home!

2
We ourselves are God’s own field,
Fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown;
First the blade and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear;
Grant, O harvest Lord, that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.

3
For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall purge away
All that doth offend, that day;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.

4
Then, thou church triumphant, come,
Raise the song of harvest home;
All are safely gathered in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin,
There, forever purified,
In God’s garner to abide;
Come, ten thousand angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest home!

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(a) Ps 95:6 (b) Matt 13:25; Mark 4:28 (c) Matt 13:41, 42 (d) Tit 2:14

Author
Henry Alford (1810-1871)

Year Published
1844

Hymn Tune
ST. GEORGE’S, WINDSOR

Metrical Number
7.7.7.7.D.

Composer
George J. Elvey (1816-1893)

Year Composed
1858

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