CPWI Hymnal ‎#721

721. Thank you, Father, for the harvest

1 Thank you, Father, for the harvest,
for the seedtime and the rain;
thank you for the gathered bounty
of sun-ripened fruit and grain.

Refrain:
God of grace and God of nature,
heaven and earth your praises sing;
hear our songs of high thanksgiving,
now accept the gifts we bring.

2 You, who fill all life with beauty,
open wide your loving hand,
filling all the seas with fishes,
blessing all this fruitful land. [Refrain]

3 Since our crops by you protected,
have brought forth a richer yield,
we, your grateful children, offer
first fruits of the harvest field. [Refrain]

4 Thank you for the luscious fruitage –
pines, bananas, plums and pears,
coconuts and pomegranates –
distilled sweetness of the years. [Refrain]

5 Bless these tokens we now offer
in your holy church today;
may they help us to remember
your great love and care alway. [Refrain]

6 But we too are seeds of harvest
sown by God in fields of time;
borne at last by angel reapers,
may we reach the home sublime. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Thank you, Father, for the harvest
• Author: William B. Braithwaite
• Refrain First Line: God of grace and God of nature
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Harvest
• Copyright: Words by permission of the Church in the Province of the West Indies

Tune Information

• Name: HYFRYDOL
• Composer: Rowland Huw Prichard, 1811-1887
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Key: F Major
• Source: Arrangement: Editors of Hymns Ancient and Modern
• Copyright: Arrangement © Hymns Ancient and Modern (admin. Hope Publishing Co.)