Christ in Song 397
THE CALL FOR REAPERS
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1Far and near the fields are foam-ing, White al-read-y to har-vest;
Far and near their gold is gleam-ing, O'er the sun-ny slope and hill;
Lord of har-vest, send forth reap-ers! Hear us, Lord, to thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gath-er, Ere the har-vest time pass by.
RefrainSend them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing, Send them forth with thy bless-ing.
2O thou whom thy Lord is send-ing, Gath-er now the gold-en grain;
Nothing doubt-ing, noth-ing fear-ing, Though the task seem great and hard;
Thou shalt doubt-less come re-joic-ing, Bring-ing in the sheaves at last.
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- 15.15.15.15
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- trochaic (DUM-da) · 79% of beats fit
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