Who will be a reaper in the harvest

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1 Who will be a reaper in the harvest field,
Working for the Master dear?
Who will gather fruit and grain, working under sun and rain,
Day by day, and year by year.

Refrain:
Working at the side of the Master,
Never from the field we’ll roam!
Till the falling of the night, and the gleam of sunset light,
When with joy we’ll gladly sing Harvest Home!

2 Who will be a reaper ‘mid the golden sheaves,
Serving well the Master true?
Never falter at the work, never tire and never shirk,
For there is so much to do. [Refrain]

3 Who will be a reaper in the field today,
Toiling with the Master kind?
If we do our very best, we can leave to him the rest,
And a precious harvest field. [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #32

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson

Edith Sanford Tillotson was born and lived her entire life in Corona, New York. She wrote hymns for children as well as poems and librettos. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: Who will be a reaper in the harvest
Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson
Refrain First Line: Working at the side of the Master
Copyright: Public Domain

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