Republican Herald

HARVEST HYMN.

We thank thee, God of Harvest Home: for what thy love bestows
For all the varied providence that from thy bounty flows;
We thank thee for the vernal showers, that fertilized the ground
We praise thee for the genial suns. that all man's labor crowned.
We thank thee, God of Harvest Home : for all our wealth of grain
For the tall wheat, whose waving mass, like ocean filled the plain
We thank thee for the fruitful store of bright and yellow corn
Whose golden heaps luxuriant our fertile fields adorn.
We thank thee, God of Harvest Home ! for all thy fruit so fair :
The apple with its yellow cheek, the ripe and mellow pear
The downy peach, the luscious plum, the purple-clustered vine,
And the bright show of radiant flowers that in our garden shine.
We thank thee, God of Harvest Home! far more than we may tell
We thank thee for the fragrant hay that fills our barns so well;
We praise thee for the varied gifts that form our harvest feast
And the choice store of healthful roots, sweet food for man and beast.
We thank thee, God of Harvest Home : that while in other lands
Pale famine stalks and sweeps away their fever stricken bands,
Our homes are blest with health and love, with plenty and with joy.
While social and domestic peace yields bliss without alloy.
We thank the God of Harvest Home! for all that we partake;
Then let our hearts with gratitude their hymn of praise awake
And when, our day of labor past, death's harvest hour shall come,
May all our souls,like ripened fruit, be safely gathered home.