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A Harvest Hymn.
Great God!—our heart-felt thanks to Thee!
We feel thy presence everywhere;
And pray, that we may ever be
Thus objects of thy guardian care.
We feel thy presence everywhere;
And pray, that we may ever be
Thus objects of thy guardian care.
We sow'd!—by Thee our work was seen,
And bless'd; and instantly went forth
Thy mandate; and in living green
Soon smiled the fair and fruitful earth.
And bless'd; and instantly went forth
Thy mandate; and in living green
Soon smiled the fair and fruitful earth.
We toil'd!—and Thou didst note our toil;
And gav'st the sunshine and the rain,
Till ripen'd on the teeming soil
The fragrant grass, and golden grain.
And gav'st the sunshine and the rain,
Till ripen'd on the teeming soil
The fragrant grass, and golden grain.
And now, we reap!—and oh, our God!
From this, the earth's unbounded floor,
We send our Song of Thanks abroad,
And pray Thee, bless our hoarded store!
From this, the earth's unbounded floor,
We send our Song of Thanks abroad,
And pray Thee, bless our hoarded store!
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