"Lord of the Living Harvest"
                        by John S.B. Monsell, 1811-1875
                                  Text From:
                              THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
                 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)
                                       


        1. Lord of the living harvest
        That whitens o'er the plain,
        Where angels soon shall gather
        Their sheaves of golden grain,
        Accept these hands to labor,
        These hearts to trust and love,
        And deign with them to hasten
        Thy kingdom from above.

        2. As lab'rers in Thy vineyard,
        Lord, send them out to be
        Content to bear the burden
        Of weary days for Thee.
        To ask no other wages
        When Thou shalt call them home
        Then to have shared the travail
        Which makes Thy kingdom come.

        3. Be with them, God the Father;
        Be with them, God the Son;
        And God the Holy Spirit,
        Most blessed Three in One.
        Make them Thy faithful servants
        Thee rightly to adore
        And fill them with Thy fulness
        Both now and evermore.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #492 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Luke 10:2
        Author: John S.B. Monsell, 1866, ab.
        Composer: Samuel S. Wesley, 1864
        Tune: "Aurelia"
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          by Marilyn F. Gardner and is in the public domain. You may
         freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any
            comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the
              Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary.
                                       
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                         "Lord of the Living Harvest"
                        by John S.B. Monsell, 1811-1875
                                  Text From:
                              THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
                 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)
                                       


        1. Lord of the living harvest
        That whitens o'er the plain,
        Where angels soon shall gather
        Their sheaves of golden grain,
        Accept these hands to labor,
        These hearts to trust and love,
        And deign with them to hasten
        Thy kingdom from above.

        2. As lab'rers in Thy vineyard,
        Lord, send them out to be
        Content to bear the burden
        Of weary days for Thee.
        To ask no other wages
        When Thou shalt call them home
        Then to have shared the travail
        Which makes Thy kingdom come.

        3. Be with them, God the Father;
        Be with them, God the Son;
        And God the Holy Spirit,
        Most blessed Three in One.
        Make them Thy faithful servants
        Thee rightly to adore
        And fill them with Thy fulness
        Both now and evermore.

        ________________________________________________
        Notes:
        Hymn #492 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Luke 10:2
        Author: John S.B. Monsell, 1866, ab.
        Composer: Samuel S. Wesley, 1864
        Tune: "Aurelia"
    ______________________________________________________________________
        This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg
          by Marilyn F. Gardner and is in the public domain. You may
         freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any
            comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the
              Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary.
                                       
                          E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu

          Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA
             Phone: (219) 452-2148             Fax: (219) 452-2126
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