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Church Hymnal 32

Lord of the Harvest, Hear

Words: John Samuel Bewley MonsellMusic: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]6.6.6.6.8.8

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1Lord of the harvest, hear
Our supplication;
We would approach Thy throne
With adoration.
Lord, bless the seed now sown;
Make it Thine own,
O Lord of all creation.

2As rain and sunshine are
Both needful for us,
So do we need Thy care
And grace before us.
Let Thy rich blessing fall
On great and small,
Till all the earth adore us.

3So shall our harvest be
More than we scattered,
All to Thy glory, we
Pray, be it gathered.
Then joy shall fill each heart,
And death shall part
No friends forever bettered.

Music
[unclear]
Tune
[unclear]
Meter
6.6.6.6.8.8
Scripture
Matthew 9:37-38; Luke 10:2

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The verse

Meter
6.6.6.5.6.4.7 · the hymnal prints 6.6.6.6.8.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 53% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCDCCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Lord of the harvest, hear/˘˘/˘/6A
Our supplication;/˘????6B
We would approach Thy throne˘˘˘///6C
With adoration.˘/˘/˘5D
Lord, bless the seed now sown;//˘///6C
Make it Thine own,/˘//4C
O Lord of all creation.˘/˘/˘/˘7D

Verse 2

As rain and sunshine are˘/˘//˘6A
Both needful for us,//˘˘˘5B
So do we need Thy care˘˘˘///6C
And grace before us.˘/˘/˘5B
Let Thy rich blessing fall////˘/6D
On great and small,˘/˘/4D
Till all the earth adore us.//˘/˘/˘7B

Verse 3

So shall our harvest be˘˘/˘/˘˘7A
More than we scattered,/˘˘/˘5B
All to Thy glory, we/˘//˘˘6A
Pray, be it gathered./˘˘/˘5C
Then joy shall fill each heart,//˘///6D
And death shall part˘/˘/4D
No friends forever bettered.˘/˘/˘/˘7E

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.