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Come, Ye Thankful People

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 727 hymnals Topics: Rural Life; Rural Life First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come! Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people come! Raise the song of harvest home. All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin. God our Maker, doth provide for our need to be supplied. Come to God’s own temple come. Raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto God’s praise to yield; wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear. God of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For our God again shall come, and shall take the harvest home, from the field shall in that day all offenses cast away, giving angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in God’s garner evermore. 4 Then, O church triumphant, come. Raise the song of harvest home. All are safely gathered in, free from sorrow, free from sin; there forever purified in God’s presence to abide. Come, ten thousand angels, come! Raise the song of harvest home. Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 Used With Tune: ST GEORGE’S WINDSOR Text Sources: based on Psalm 103; Psalms and Hymns, 1844, alt.

All Beautiful the March of Days

Author: Frances Whitmarsh Wile Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Lyrics: 1 All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; the hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snow, has sent the silvery frost of heaven, the flowing waters sealed, and laid a silent loveliness on hill and wood and field. 2 O’er white expanses sparkling pure the radiant morns unfold; the solemn splendours of the night burn brighter through the cold; life mounts in every throbbing vein, love deepens round the hearth, and clearer sounds the angel hymn, good will to all on earth. 3 O God, from whose unfathomed law the year in beauty flows, yourself the vision passing by in crystal and in rose, day unto day declare thro' speech, and night to night proclaim, in ever-changing words of light the wonder of your name. Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Appears in 184 hymnals Topics: Rural Life First Line: Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not; As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided-- Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. (Refrain) 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! (Refrain) Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil F. Alexander Appears in 328 hymnals Topics: Rural Life First Line: Each little flow'r that opens Lyrics: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, And all things wise and wonderful; The Lord God made them all. Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, And all things wise and wonderful; The Lord God made them all. Each little flow'r that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings. (Refrain) The purple-headed mountain, The river running by, The sunset, and the morning That brightens up the sky. (Refrain) The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden: He made them, every one. (Refrain) He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. (Refrain) Scripture: Genesis 1:31 Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK

Sing to the Lord of Harvest

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 121 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord of harvest, sing songs of love and praise, with joyful hearts and voices your hallelujahs raise; by whom the rolling seasons in fruitful order move; sing to the Lord of harvest a joyous song of love. 2 God makes the clouds drop fatness, the deserts bloom and spring, the hills leap up in gladness, the valleys laugh and sing. God fills them all with fullness, all things with large increase; and crowns the year with goodness, with plenty and with peace. 3 Bring to this sacred altar all things God's goodness gave, the golden sheaves of harvest, the souls Christ died to save: your hearts lay down before him when at his feet you fall, and with your lives adore him who gave his life for all. Used With Tune: WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN

We Plow the Fields and Scatter

Author: Matthias Claudius; Jane M. Campbell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 453 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Refrain First Line: All good gifts around us Lyrics: 1 We plow the fields and scatter the good seed on the land, but it is fed and watered by God’s almighty hand. God sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain, the breezes, and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain. Refrain: All good gifts around us are sent from heav’n above. We thank you, God, we thank you, God, for all your love. 2 You only are the Maker of all things near and far. You paint the wayside flower, you light the evening star. The winds and waves obey you, by you the birds are fed; much more to us, your children, you give our daily bread. [Refrain] 3 We thank you, then, Creator, for all things bright and good, the seed-time, and the harvest, our life, our health, our food. Accept the gifts we offer for all your love imparts, and what you most would welcome: our humble, thankful hearts. [Refrain] Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Used With Tune: WIR PFLÜGEN Text Sources: Wir pflügen und wir streuen, Fest, 1782; trans. Jane M. Campbell (England), Garland of Song, 1861, alt.

Praise and Thanksgiving

Author: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Scripture: Psalm 65:9-13 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN

God of the Fertile Fields

Author: Georgia Harkness Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Rural Life Scripture: Genesis 1:11-13 Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN Text Sources: Fourteen New Rural Hymns, 1955, alt.

O Lord of heaven and earth and sea

Author: Christopher Wordsworth, 1807-1885 Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 333 hymnals Topics: Rural Life / Rogation Sunday First Line: O Lord, of heaven and earth and sea Lyrics: 1 O Lord of heaven and earth and sea, to thee all praise and glory be; how shall we show our love to thee who givest all? 2 The golden sunshine, sweet spring air, sweet flowers and fruit, thy love declare; where harvests ripen thou art there, who givest all. 3 For peaceful homes and healthful days, for all the blessings earth displays, we owe thee thankfulness and praise, who givest all. 4 Thou didst not spare thine only Son, but gav'st him for a world undone and freely with that Blessed One thou givest all. 5 Thou giv'st the Spirit's blessed dower, Spirit of life and love and power, and dost thy sevenfold graces shower upon us all. 6 For souls redeemed, for sins forgiven, for means of grace and hopes of heaven, O Lord, what can to thee be given, – who givest all? – 7 to thee, from whom we all derive our life, our gifts, our power to give? Oh may we ever with thee live, who givest all. Scripture: Isaiah 11:2 Used With Tune: ES IST KEIN TAG

For the fruits of all creation

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 12.12.8.8.12 Appears in 70 hymnals Topics: Rural Life / Rogation Sunday First Line: For the fruits of all creation, thanks be to God Lyrics: 1 For the fruits of all creation, thanks be to God; for his gifts to every nation, thanks be to God; for the ploughing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping, future needs in earth’s safekeeping, thanks be to God. 2 In the just reward of labour, God’s will is done; in the help we give our neighbour, God’s will is done; in our worldwide task of caring for the hungry and despairing, in the harvests we are sharing, God’s will is done. 3 For the harvests of the Spirit, thanks be to God; for the good we all inherit, thanks be to God; for the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all, that love has found us, thanks be to God. Scripture: Psalm 65:7-13 Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS