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Text:O still in accents sweet and strong
Author:Rev. Samuel Longfellow

355. O still in accents sweet and strong

1 O still in accents sweet and strong
Sounds forth the ancient word,
"More reapers for white harvest fields,
More laborers for the Lord."

2 We hear the call; in dreams no more
In selfish ease we lie,
But, girded for our Father's work,
Go forth beneath His sky.

3 Where prophets' word, and martyrs' blood,
And prayers of saints were sown,
We, to their labors entering in,
Would reap where they have strown.

4 O Thou whose call our hearts has stirred,
To do Thy will we come;
Thrust in our sickles at Thy word,
And bear our harvest home.

Amen.

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First Line: O still in accents sweet and strong
Author: Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1864)
Publication Date: 1895
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