650 GERMANY L. M. 3 4 Wm. Gardiner's "Sacred Melodies," 1815 1 Great God, we sing that might-y hand By which sup- port- ed still we stand; 0:3 264 The ope-ning year Thy mercy shows; That mercy crowns it till it close. A - MEN. cy and Thy grace, Faith -ful through another year, Hear our song of thankful - ness; Father, and Re-deem - er, hear. A-MEN. (See also HORTON, No. 570) 654 GOLDEN SHEAVES 8.7.8.7.D. Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1874 1 To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise In hymns of 04 The val-leys stand so thick with corn That e- ven they are singing. A-MEN. (See also BISHOPGARTH, No. 394) 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 daily bread, Give us the Bread eternal. 3 We bear the burden of the day, May we, the angel-reaping o'er, Christ's golden sheaves for evermore 4 O blessed is that land of God Where saints abide for ever, Where golden fields spread fair and broad, Where flows the crystal river: With ours to-day are blending; William C. Dix, 1864 Come to God's own tem- ple, come, Raise the song of har-vest-home. A-MEN. 2 All the world is God's own field, 3 For the Lord our God shall come, Give His angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In His garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come Rev. Henry Alford, 1844 (Text of 1867) |