The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12031

12031. Harvest Song

1 Look, the harvest field is teeming
With the rich and ripened grain;
Wide it spreads before us,
Bright the sky is o’er us;
In the sunlight, golden gleaming,
Heaving like the restless main,
"Reapers are needed,"
Resounds o’er hill and plain.

Refrain:
Rouse ye then, and to the fields away,
Go labor for the Master while you may;
Lo! He is calling, night is falling,
Hasten to obey,
For reapers are needed today.

2 In the markets and the byways,
Whiling precious hours away,
Many stand complaining,
Idle still remaining,
Loitering in the dusty highways,
Hearing not the Master say:
"Reapers are needed,"
O who will work today? [Refrain]

3 Hear ye not the faithful singing
Of the labor and the yield?
Rouse ye, then, O sleepers,
Join the happy reapers;
To the wind your sorrows flinging,
Patiently the sickle wield:
"Reapers are needed,"
Awake, and to the field! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Look, the harvest field is teeming
• Title: Harvest Song
• Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1907)
• Language: English
• Source: Christian Gospel Hymns by Charles R. Scoville and Edwin O. Excell (Chidago: Charles Reign Scoville, 1907)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Look, the harvest field is teeming]
• Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Christian Gospel Hymns by Charles R. Scoville and Edwin O. Excell (Chicago: Charles Reign Scoville Music Publisher, 1909)
• Copyright: Public Domain