Scripture Verse

He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Jeremiah 5:24

Introduction

Words: Amy S. Woods, in In Ex­cel­sis for School and Cha­pel (New York: The Cen­tu­ry Com­pa­ny, 1900), num­ber 232.

Music: Elm­court Ca­leb Sim­per (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Woods (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Caleb Simper (1856–1942)

Lyrics

Now let us raise our har­vest song,
And wake ex­ult­ant sing­ing;
Hark! how the house of God to­day
With joy­ful praise is ring­ing!

Refrain

Then prais­es bring our Lord and King
Whose pro­mise fail­eth ne­ver;
Who will His child­ren’s needs sup­ply
For ev­er and for ev­er.

The gold­en grain now ga­thered in,
His boun­te­ous hand be­stow­eth;
He sends the sun­sine and the rain
To bless it as it grow­eth.

Refrain

The sea­sons all God’s love pro­claim,
Each month His good­ness show­eth,
Who day by day with gra­cious hand
Our dai­ly bread be­stow­eth.

Refrain

Then raise, O raise your har­vest song!
For Heav’n and earth are sing­ing;
The an­them of our Fa­ther’s love
Round all the world is ring­ing.

Refrain