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The Call for Reapers
Matthew 9:37
CALL FOR REAPERS | Bible Passage
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John O. Thompson, 1782-1818 |
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J. B. O. Clemm, 19th Century |
Far and near the fields are teeming
With the waves of ripened grain;
Far and near their gold is gleaming
O'er the sunny slope and plain.
Refrain:
Lord of harvest, send forth reapers!
Hear us, Lord, to Thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gather,
Ere the harvesttime pass by.
Send them forth with morn's first beaming,
Send them in the noontide's glare;
When the sun's last rays are gleaming,
Bid them gather ev'rywhere.
O thou, whom thy Lord is sending,
Gather now the sheaves of gold;
Heav'nward then at evening wending,
Thou shalt come with joy untold.
BIBLE PASSAGE:
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
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