While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 8:22
Words: Fanny Crosby, in The Gospel Choir No. 2, edited by Ira Sankey, James McGranahan & George C. Stebbins (New York: Biglow & Main, 1895), number 53.
Music: Ira D. Sankey (🔊 pdf nwc).
We praise Thee, O Lord,
For the bountiful harvest
That now has been gathered
And garnered with care;
Rewarding the toil of
The sower and reaper,
While all in its blessings may share.
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For the bountiful harvest
We praise Thee, we thank Thee
And bless Thee, O Lord:
For the bountiful harvest
We praise Thee and bless Thee, O Lord.
We praise Thee, O Lord,
For the bountiful harvest,
We praise Thee for sunshine,
The dew and the rain;
For soft summer breezes
So gracefully bending
The bright golden billows of grain.
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We praise Thee, O Lord,
For the wonderful token
That shines as it shone on
Thy servants of old,
The pledge and assurance
That seedtime and harvest
From earth Thou wilt never withhold.
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We praise Thee, O Lord,
For Thy wonderful mercies,
And while to Thy glory
Our voices we raise,
O Thou that regardest
The prayers of Thy people,
Accept our thanksgiving and praise.
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