The harvest truly is plenteous, but the workers are few.
Matthew 9:37
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Sunday-School Praises, edited by William J. Kirkpatrick (New York and Cincinnati, Ohio: Eaton & Mains and Jennings & Pye, 1900).
Music: George T. Kirkpatrick (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Kirkpatrick (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Let us away, no longer delay,
Morning with joy is bright;
Let us away and labor today
Out in the fields so white.
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Onward, onward, bounding along,
Onward, onward, join the busy throng.
Shouting, singing, o’er the harvest plain;
Joyful, joyful, gather in the grain.
Let us away, the message obey,
Jesus repeats the call;
Come with a will, our mission fulfill,
Haste to the work for all.
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Let us away, we cannot delay,
Harvest will soon be o’er;
Moments and hours, like beautiful flow’rs,
Soon will return no more.
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Let us away, O let us away,
Lifting our eyes above;
Faithful and true our labor pursue,
Trusting a Savior’s love.
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