Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#518

518. Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

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1 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 All the world is 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 in that day
All offenses purge away;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.

4 Even so, Lord, quickly come
To Thy final harvest-home;
Gather Thou Thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There, forever purified,
In Thy presence to abide:
Come, with all Thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest-home.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
• Title: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
• Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Topic: Advent: Second; Christ: Second Coming; Planting and Harvest; Second Coming; Special Subjects and Occasions: Thanksgiving

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR
• Composer: George J. Elvey, 1816-1893
• Composer (descant): William Lester, b. 1889
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Descant arr. © 1935 Hope Publishing Co.