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To the Lord their first-fruits bringing

Author: Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Now the year is crowned with blessing

MORGENLIED

Appears in 42 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. C. Maker, 1844- Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 11151 23166 51432 Used With Text: To the Lord their first-fruits bringing

[Now the year is crowned with blessing]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. M. Edwards Incipit: 17653 43241 24765 Used With Text: Now the year is crowned with blessing

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Now The Year Is Crowned With Blessing

Author: Ellen T. F. Felkin Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11819 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Refrain First Line: To the Lord their first-fruits bringing Lyrics: 1 Now the year is crowned with blessing As we gather in the grain; And, our grateful thanks expressing, Loud we raise a joyous strain. Bygone days of toil and sadness Cannot now our peace destroy, For the hills are clothed with gladness And the valleys shout for joy. Refrain: To the Lord their first-fruits bringing, All His thankful people come, To the Father praises singing For the joy of Harvest-Home. 2 In the spring the smiling meadows Donned their robes of living green, As the sunshine chased the shadows Swiftly o’er the changing scene; In the summer time the story Of a riper hope was told; Then the rich autumnal glory Decked the fields in cloth of gold. [Refrain] 3 Shall not we, whose hearts are swelling With the thought of former days, Sing a joyous song foretelling Future gladness, fuller praise? For the cloud the bow retaineth With its covenant of peace, That, as long as earth remaineth, Harvest time shall never cease. [Refrain] 4 Though the fig tree may not flourish, Though the vine no fruit may yield, Though the earth no flocks may nourish In the fold or in the field, Still our hearts will trust His power Who the ravens stoops to feed, And the hand that clothes each flower Shall supply our utmost need. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: MORGENLIED

Now the year is crowned with blessing

Hymnal: Carols Old and Carols New #592 (1916) Topics: Harvest Languages: English Tune Title: [Now the year is crowned with blessing]

To the Lord their first-fruits bringing

Author: Ellen Thornycroft Fowler (Mrs. A. L. Felkin) Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #626 (1917) First Line: Now the year is crowned with blessing Lyrics: 1 Now the year is crowned with blessing As we gather in the grain; And, our grateful thanks expressing, Loud we raise a joyous strain. Bygone days of toil and sadness Cannot now our peace destroy; For the hills are clothed with gladness, And the valleys shout for joy. Refrain: To the Lord their first-fruits bringing, All His thankful people come, To the Father praises singing For the joy of harvest-home. 2 In the spring the smiling meadows Donned their robes of living green, As the sunshine chased the shadows Swiftly o'er the changing scene; In the summer-time the story Of a riper hope was told; Then the rich autumnal glory Decked the fields in cloth of gold. [Refrain] 3 Shall not we, whose hearts are swelling With the thought of former days, Sing a joyous song foretelling Future gladness, fuller praise? For the cloud the bow retaineth With its covenant of peace, That, as long as earth remaineth, Harvest-time shall never cease. [Refrain] 4 Though the fig-tree may not flourish, Though the vine no fruit may yield, Though the earth no flocks may nourish In the fold or in the field, Still our hearts will trust His power Who the ravens stoops to feed, And the hand that clothes each flower Shall supply our utmost need. [Refrain] Topics: Seasons and Ordinances ; Harvest Hymns; Thanksgiving Harvest Languages: English Tune Title: MORGENLIED

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Frederick C. Maker

1844 - 1927 Person Name: F. C. Maker, 1844-1927 Composer of "MORGENLIED" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Frederick C. Maker (b. Bristol, England, August 6, 1844; d. January 1, 1927) received his early musical training as a chorister at Bristol Cathedral, England. He pursued a career as organist and choirmaster—most of it spent in Methodist and Congregational churches in Bristol. His longest tenure was at Redland Park Congregational Church, where he was organist from 1882-1910. Maker also conducted the Bristol Free Church Choir Association and was a long-time visiting professor of music at Clifton College. He wrote hymn tunes, anthems, and a cantata, Moses in the Bulrushes. Bert Polman

Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

1860 - 1929 Person Name: Ellen Thornycroft Fowler (Mrs. A. L. Felkin) Author of "To the Lord their first-fruits bringing" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Felkin, Ellen Thorneycroft, née Fowler, the elder daughter of Sir Henry Fowler, Bart., and granddaughter of the Rev. Joseph Fowler, Wesleyan Minister, was married to A. L. Felkin, Senior Assistant Master of Eltham College, in 1903. Her hymn, "Now the year is crowned with blessing" (Harvest), is No. 945 in The Methodist Hymn Book 1904. In addition to several popular novels, she published Verses, Grave and Gay, 1901. From this work, p. 35, the above hymn is taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)