Scripture Verse

The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Luke 10:2

Introduction

Words: Pearl Hat­chett, 1914. Ap­peared in the Gos­pel Her­ald, ed­it­ed by New­ton W. All­phin et al. (Fort Worth, Tex­as: Quar­tet Mu­sic, 1916), num­ber 94.

Music: Aq­ui­taine J. M. Greer (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Greer’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Hat­chett (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

The noon­day sun is shin­ing,
All ov­er land and sea;
The call for will­ing work­ers
Comes forth to you and me;
O will you go, my bro­ther,
Before the light grows dim?
God calls you, too, my sis­ter,
To lead some soul to Him.

Refrain

He’s call­ing you, He’s call­ing you
Into the fields of sin;
Make no de­lay, but go to­day,
And bring the lost ones in.

You’ve oft­en prayed the Fa­ther
To op­en wide the door;
To thee ’tis now thrown op­en;
O haste, ere time’s no more,
For some­one who is yearn­ing,
A bet­ter life to live;
Go tell them Je­sus loves them,
For them His life did give.

Refrain

The call for will­ing work­ers
Is ring­ing all around,
At home and o’er the ocean,
Wherever man is found;
How strange that we should idle,
Make life a use­less dream,
When souls of men are dy­ing,
For Jesus’ love su­preme.

Refrain