Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sunday's Song- Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

This is a song about being thankful and since we just celebrated Thanksgiving, I thought it would be a good song to share.

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

1. Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide
for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come,
raise the song of harvest home.

2. All the world is God's own field,
fruit as praise to God we yield;
wheat and tares together sown
are to joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.

3. For the Lord our God shall come,
and shall take the harvest home;
from the field shall in that day
all offenses purge away,
giving angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast;
but the fruitful ears to store
in the garner evermore.

4. Even so, Lord, quickly come,
bring thy final harvest home;
gather thou thy people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin,
there, forever purified,
in thy presence to abide;
come, with all thine angels, come,
raise the glorious harvest home.


15 comments:

Abatevintage said...

Nancy I love that song, I remember singing it as well.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Blessings


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Anonymous said...

Yes, this is a favorite from years gone by. Thank you Nancy and I hope you have a good day.

KathyB. said...

I have always loved the line " all is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin.." an apt description of us in the Saviors' arms during times of turmoil and testing.

Ms. Candice said...

Very fitting, excellent choice! :)

My Blessings From Above said...

We sang this song church last Sunday and on Thursday at our church's Thanksgiving breakfast. Beautiful song.

Tracy Golightly-Garcia said...
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Tracy Golightly-Garcia said...

Nancy

One of my favorite songs to sing. The part I like best is, "free from sorrow, free from sin."

Thanks for sharing!

Best
Tracy :)

Karla Cook @ Roads to Everywhere said...

I do like that Thanksgiving hymn! Hope you had a great weekend!

Amanda said...

great hymn! just bought all the goods to make a batch of your hot chocolate...CAN'T WAIT! its going to be our first family advent calendar activity on tuesday!

nannykim said...

we Love this song too--we usually sing it every Fall.

Anonymous said...

I love that song, sounds wonderful! Thanks for posting it, have a great week!

Brandy

Joyce said...

I have not heard this song in ages.
Joyce

Eggs In My Pocket said...

Love this song! Blessings,Kathleen

Sonya Lee Thompson said...

What a wonderful song, thanks for sharing the words!

Sonya

Paula said...

Beautiful, Nancy! Thanks for sharing!