To the Harvest Field

Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1896 Charles Hutchinson Gabriel

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1. A band of faith - ful reap - ers we, Who ga - ther for e - ter - ni - ty, The gold - en
2. We are a faith - ful glean- ing band, And la - bor at our Lord’s com - mand, Un - yield -ing,
3. The gold - en hours like mo - ments fly, And har - vest days are pass - ing by; Then take thy

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sheaves of rip - ened grain From ev - ery val - ley, hill and plain Our song is one the reap - ers
loy - al, tried and true, For lo! the reap - ers are but few; Be - hold the wav - ing har - vest
rus - ty sic - kle down, And la - bor for a fade - less crown; Why will you id - ly stand and
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sing, In hon - or of their Lord and king— The Mas-ter of the har - vest wide, Who for a
field, A - bun - dant with a gold - en yield; And hear the Lord of har - vest say To all: “Go
wait? Be-hold, the hour is grow-ing late! Can you to judg - ment bring but leaves, While here are

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world of sin - ners died.
reap for Me to - day.” To the har - vest field a - way, For the Mas - ter call - eth;
wait - ing gold - en sheaves?
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There is work for all to - day, Ere the dark - ness fall - eth. Swift - ly do the mo - ments fly,

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Har-vest days are go - ing by, Go-ing, go-ing, go-ing, go-ing by.
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