
Author: Eden R. Latta Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: See the harvesters reaping! Refrain First Line: Reaping, reaping Lyrics: 1 See the harvesters reaping!
Idle they never stand;
They are faithfully keeping,
Keeping the Lord’s command.
Refrain:
Reaping, reaping,
Chanting a hopeful strain!
Go and help them labor,
Reaping the golden grain.
2 See the harvesters reaping,
Many be they or few!
And, if smiling or weeping,
Toiling the whole day through! [Refrain]
3 See the harvesters reaping,
Gathering all they may!
Sheaves of life they are keeping,
Ready to bear away! [Refrain]
4 See the harvesters reaping,
Reaping the harvest vast;
Though the shadows be creeping,
Still they are working fast! [Refrain]
5 See the harvesters reaping,
Patient, and brave, and true!
Be not idle, nor sleeping,
When there is work to do. [Refrain] Used With Tune: VAL-D'OISE Text Sources: Song-Land Messenger No. 2 by Anthony J. Showalter (Dallas: Showalter-Lincoln Company, 1898)
See The Harvesters Reaping