Harvest (Sigourney)

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Printed in Cheshire Pastoral Association. Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship. A Collection Compiled by a Committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association. Fifty-first ed. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Co., 1859. Copyright 1844. Pages 411-412.

140910Harvest1859Lydia Sigourney

1 GOD of the year! with songs of praise
  And hearts of love, we come to bless
  Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed
  Thy manna o'er our wilderness.

2 In early spring-time thou didst fling
  O'er earth its robe of blossoming;
  And its sweet treasures, day by day,
  Rose quickening in thy blesséd ray.

3 God of the seasons! thou hast blest
  The land with sunlight and with showers,
  And plenty o'er its bosom smiles,
  To crown the sweet autumnal hours.

4 Praise,—praise to thee! Our hearts expand
  To view these blessings of thy hand,
  And on the incense-breath of love
  Ascend to their bright home above.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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