Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O where are the reapers that garner in
Topic: Christian/Work
Writer: Eben Rexford
Composer: George Root
Meter: 10s and 9s with chorus
Tune: O Where are the Reapers
Hymn Number: 669
Page Number: 271, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO where are the reapers that gar-ner in
The sheaves of the good from the fields of sin?
With sick-les of truth must the work be done,
And no one may rest till the "harvest home."
CHO.-Where are the reapers?
O who will come
And share in the glory of the "harvest home"?
O who will help us to gar-ner in
The sheaves of good from the fields of sin?
Go out in the by-ways and search them all-
The wheat may be there, though the weeds are tall-
Then search in the highway, and pass none by,
But gather from all for the home on high.-CHO.
The fields all are ripening, and far and wide
The world now is waiting the harvest tide;
But reapers are few, and the work is great,
And much will be lost should the harvest wait.-CHO.
So come with your sickles, ye sons of men,
And gather together the golden grain;
Toil on till the Lord of the harvest come,
Then share ye his joy in the "harvest home."-CHO.