Text:The Angel Comes, He Comes To Reap
Author:Henry H. Milman
Tune:CHESHIRE
Media:MIDI file

10887. The Angel Comes, He Comes To Reap

1 The angel comes, he comes to reap
The harvest of the Lord!
O’er all the earth with fatal sweep
Wide waves his flamy sword.

2 And who are they, in sheaves to bide
The fire of vengeance bound?
The tares, whose rank luxuriant pride
Choked the fair crop around.

3 And who are they, reserved in store
God’s treasure-house to fill?
The wheat, a hundred-fold that bore
Amid surrounding ill.

4 O King of Mercy! grant us power
Thy fiery wrath to flee!
In Thy destroying angel’s hour
O gather us to Thee!

Text Information
First Line: The angel comes, he comes to reap
Title: The Angel Comes, He Comes To Reap
Author: Henry H. Milman
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year by Reginald Heber (London: J. Murray, 1827)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CHESHIRE
Meter: CM
Key: e minor
Source: Este's Psalter, 1592



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