The Book of Praise ‎#803

803. 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, doth 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 God's praise to yield;
wheat and weeds 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 the harvest home;
from the field shall in that day
all offences purge away,
give the angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in God's storehouse evermore.

4 Even so, Lord, quickly come
to thy final harvest home:
gather thou thy people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin;
there, forever purified,
in thy presence to abide.
Come, with all thine 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, 1810-1871
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Matthew 13:24-30
  ;
  Matthew 16:27
  ;
  Matthew 24:30-31
  ;
  Mark 8:38
  ;
  Luke 9:26
  ;
  Luke 21:27-28
  ;
  1 Corinthians 3:9
  ;
  James 1:17
• Topic: Descants and Fauxbourdons; God: Creator and Ruler; Harvest Thanksgiving; Rural Life / Rogation Sunday; Second Coming
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
• Composer: George Job Elvey, 1816-1893
• Composer (descant): C. S. Lang, 1891-1971
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 D
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Descant © Novello & Co. Ltd.