Songs of Christian Service ‎#59

59. Where Are Your Sheaves?

1 The bright summer days have been fleeting,
With sunshine and quick’ning show’rs;
The harvester’s chorus of greeting
Has followed the springtime flow’rs.

Refrain:
Where, O where are the golden sheaves?
Thou hast gathered nought but leaves;
Haste, for alas! the harvest may pass,
Without any golden grain;
Go to sowing and labor long,
(Summer ends with a reaper’s song);
Sing it again, your harvest refrain,
Rejoicing with golden grain.

2 The fields that were white for the reaping,
Stand sere in the twilight gray;
The harvesters listen with weeping,
To hear what their Lord will say. [Refrain]

3 O reaper, go forth to your duty,
Or ever the time is past;
The King to be hold in his beauty
Shall be your reward at last. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: The bright summer days have been fleeting
• Title: Where Are Your Sheaves?
• Author: Jennie E. Hussey
• Refrain First Line: Where, O where are the golden sheaves?
• Publication Date: 1903
• Scripture:
  Jeremiah 8:20

Tune Information

• Name: [The bright summer days have been fleeting]
• Composer: H. L. Gilmour