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[Look up! behold, the fields are white]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 55565 45112 17655 Used With Text: Behold, the Fields are White

Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Look up behold the fields are white the harvest Refrain First Line: Look up, look up, behold the fields are white Used With Tune: [Look up behold the fields are white the harvest]

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Behold the Fields are White

Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Melodious Sonnets #71 (1885) First Line: Look up! behold, the fields are white Refrain First Line: Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white Lyrics: 1 Look up! behold, the fields are white; The harvest time is near; The summons of the Master falls Upon the reaper’s ear; Go forth into the golden grain, And bind the precious sheaves, And garner for the Lord of Hosts The harvest which he gives. Refrain: Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white, The harvest time is near, The harvest time is near; Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white, Look up! behold, the fields are white, The harvest time is near. 2 Look up! behold, the fields are white; The laborers are few; The gath’ring of the harvest must By grace depend on you; Go forth throughout the busy world, The world of want and sin, And gather for the Lord of Hosts Its dying millions in. [Refrain] 3 Look up! behold, the fields are white; The Master soon shall come, And carry with rejoicing heart His gathered trophies home; And can you stand with empty arms, While gladly he receives From others in the harvest field A load of precious sheaves. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Look up! behold, the fields are white]

Behold, the Fields are White

Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Living Hymns #110 (1890) First Line: Look up! behold, the fields are white Refrain First Line: Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white Lyrics: 1 Look up! behold, the fields are white, The harvest time is near; The summons of the Master falls Upon the reaper’s ear: Go forth into the golden grain And bind the precious sheaves, And garner for the Lord of Hosts The harvest which he gives. Chorus: Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white, The harvest time is near, The harvest time is near: Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white, Look up! behold, the fields are white, The harvest time is near. 2 Look up! behold, the fields are white, The laborers are few, The gath’ring of the harvest must By grace depend on you: Go forth throughout the busy world, The world of want and sin, And gather for the Lord of Hosts Its dying millions in. [Chorus] 3 Look up! behold, the fields are white, The Master soon shall come, And carry with rejoicing heart His gathered trophies home; And can you stand with empty arms, While gladly he receives From others in the harvest field A load of precious sheaves. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Look up! behold, the fields are white]

Behold, the Fields are White

Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s114 (1888) First Line: Look up! behold, the fields are white Refrain First Line: Look up! look up! behold, the fields are white Languages: English Tune Title: [Look up! behold, the fields are white]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Look up! behold, the fields are white]" in Melodious Sonnets John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

M. Lowrie Hofford

1825 - 1888 Person Name: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Author of "Behold, the Fields are White" in Living Hymns Born: January 27, 1825, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Died: January 9, 1888, Trenton, New Jersey. Hofford attended Lafayette and Princeton, where he graduated in 1849. He studied theology at the Princeton seminary for a year, and became principal of the Camden collegiate institute. While there, he organized a church at Beverly, New Jersey, being licensed by the Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855, he was ordained an evangelist in Burlington, New Jersey. In 1860, he began teaching at the Trenton Institute, and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pennsylvania that was later incorporated as Muhlenberg College; he served there as a professor and later president. He taught and pastored at Camden and Beverly, New Jersey, and Doylestown, Pennsylvania (1868-78), then became pastor at Morrisville, Pennsylvania. --www.hymntime.com/tch