CPWI Hymnal ‎#708

708. Come, ye thankful people, come

1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest-home:
all be 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 therein are sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown;
ripening with a wondrous power
till the final harvest-hour:
grant, O Lord of life, that we
holy grain and pure may be.

3 For we know that thou wilt come,
and wilt take thy people home;
from thy field wilt purge away
all that doth offend, that day;
and thine angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in thy garner evermore.

4 Come then, Lord of mercy, come,
bid us sing thy harvest-home:
let thy saints be gathered in,
free from sorrow, free from sin:
all upon the golden floor
praising thee for evermore:
come, with all thine angels come,
bid us sing thy harvest-home.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
• Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 (alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Harvest
• Notes: A higher setting of ST GEORGE (ELVEY) is found at 188

Tune Information

• Name: ST GEORGE (ELVEY)
• Composer: George Job Elvey, 1816-1893
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Key: F Major