A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association CCXIX. To praise thee ever bounteous Lord

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CCXVIII

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns‎#CCXIX

CCXX

Text:

Harvest

1 To praise thee ever bounteous Lord,
My soul, wake all thy powers:
He calls, and at his voice come forth,
The smiling harvest hours.

2 His cov'nant with the earth he keeps;
My tongue, his goodness sing:
Summer and winter know their time,
His harvest crowns the spring.

3 Well pleas'd the toiling swains behold
The waving yellow crop:
With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.

4 Thus teach me, gracious GOD, to sow
The seeds of righteousness:
Smile on my soul, and with thy beams
The ripening harvest bless.

5 Then, in the last great harvest, I,
Shall reap a glorious crop:
The harvest shall be far exceed,
What I have sown in hope.

Text Information
First Line:	To praise thee ever bounteous Lord
Title:	Harvest
Meter:	Common Metre
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1790
Topic:	Fasts and Thanksgiving
Source:	Rippon's Coll.