"To Thee, O Lord, Our Hearts We Raise" by William C. Dix, 1837-1898 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.408 1. To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise In hymns of adoration, To Thee bring sacrifice of praise With shout of exultation. Bright robes of gold the fields adorn, The hills with joy are ringing, The valleys stand so thick with corn That even they are singing. 2. And now, on this our festal day, Thy bounteous hand confessing, Upon Thine altar, Lord, we lay The first-fruits of Thy blessing. By Thee the souls of men are fed With gifts of grace supernal; Thou who dost give us earthly bread, Give us the Bread eternal. 3. We bear the burden of the day, And often toil seems dreary; But labor ends with sunset ray, And rest comes for the weary. May we, the angel-reaping o'er, Stand at the last accepted, Christ's golden sheaves forevermore, To garners bright elected. 4. Oh, blessed is that land of God Where saints abide forever, Where golden fields spread fair and broad, Where flows the crystal river. The strains of all its holy throng With ours today are blending; Thrice blessed is that harvest-song Which never hath an ending. _______________________________________ Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_ Hymn #573 Text: Ps. 65: 12 Author: William C. Dix, 1864 Tune: "Harvest Hymn" 1st Published in: _St. Gallen Gesangbuch_, 1863, ad. _________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Debbie Harris 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 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 __________________________________________________________