Hymn
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
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
That our wants are all supplied;
Come to God's own temple, come;
Raise the song of harvest home.
We ourselves are God's own field,
Fruit to His high praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto 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.
For the Lord our God shall come
And shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall purge away
All that doth offend that day;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast,
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.
Even so, Lord, quickly come
To 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.
Amen.
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/come-ye-thankful-people-come
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Come, Ye Thankful People, Come?
The words of Come, Ye Thankful People, Come were written by Henry Alford; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 2 more hymns by Henry Alford, including Forward! be Our Watchword and Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand.
Is Come, Ye Thankful People, Come public domain?
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What is the metre of Come, Ye Thankful People, Come?
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come is in 7.7.7.7 D. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Spirits of the Just Made Perfect, Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise and People of the living God.