Worship (3rd ed.) ‎#759

759. Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

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, does 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 offences 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 your final harvest home;
Gather all your people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There, for ever purified,
In your presence to abide:
Come, with all thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest-home.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
• Title: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
• Author: Henry Almord, 1810-1871 (alt.)
• Meter: 77 77 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Scripture:
  Psalm 67:6-7
  ;
  Matthew 13:21-43
  ;
  1 Corinthians 3:13-15
  ;
  2 Corinthians 9:10-14
• Topic: Ordinary Time 16, Year A; Creation; Gathering; Harvest; Heaven; Judgment; Parables; Petition; Second Coming; Thanksgiving

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
• Composer: George J. Elvey, 1816-1893
• Harmonizer: Richard Proulx, b. 1937
• Meter: 77 77 D
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Harm. © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc.