Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#237

237. 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;
Lord of harvest, grant 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 ever more.

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

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
• Title: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
• Author: Henry Alford (1844)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Matthew 13:38-40
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 11
• Notes: Text by British scholar Henry Alford, from his Psalms and Hymns (1844), rev. in The Year of Praise (1867), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S
• Composer: George Elvey (1858)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Incipit: 33531 23
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Tune ST. GEORGE’S by George Elvey, from A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1858), named after St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, where Elvey was organist.