The Church Hymnal ‎#262b

262b. Lord of the harvest, it is right and meet

1 Lord of the harvest, it is right and meet,
That we should lay oblations at Thy feet,
With joyful Alleluia!

2 Sweet is the praise that follows toil and prayer;
Sweet is the worship what with heaven we share,
Who sing the Alleluia!

3 We toiled and prayed and Thou hast heard on high;
Hast cheered our hearts and changed our suppliant cry
To festal Alleluia!

4 So sing we now in tune with that great song,
That all the age of ages shall prolong,
The endless Alleluia!

5 To Thee, O Lord of harvest, Who hast heard,
And to Thy white-robed reapers given the word,
We sing our Alleluia!

6 O Christ, Who in the wide world's fallow lea,
Hast sown in blood the precious seed, to Thee
We sing our Alleluia!

7 To Thee, O Holy Ghost, Whose gracious rain
And living breath hast fed the ghostly grain,
We sing our Alleluia!

8 Yea, West and East, the Harvest men went forth;
"We come" has sounded to the South and North.
At morn sing Alleluia!

9 In fields of home, in fields the far away,
Toilers for Jesus hail the golden day.
At morn sing Alleluia!

10 The winds of God have blown with living breath,
His dews have fallen on the plains of death.
At eve sing Alleluia!

11 Yea, for sweet hope fulfilled, new hope begun,
Sing Alleluia to the Three in One,
Adoring Alleluia!

12 Glory to God! the Church in patience cries;
Glory to God! the Church in bliss replies,
With endless Alleluia!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord of the harvest, it is right and meet
• Author: S. J. Stone
• Meter: 10.10.7
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: Missions

Tune Information

• Name: ALLELUIA PERENNE
• Composer: W. H. Monk
• Meter: 10.10.7
• Key: D Major