The Great Machines of Harvest

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One of the most amazing aspects of our tiny planet is surely the regularity of our harvests - even though some fail. Autumn is the time of year we celebrate our harvests and 'We plough the fields and scatter the good seed ...' has been part of many harvest celebrations. This hymn takes a more contemporary view - but can be sung to the familiar tune.

THE GREAT MACHINES OF HARVEST

The great machines of harvest

Have cleared the golden fields

Of wheat and rye and barley:

Now all their precious yields

Are milled to help to feed us

With crops from many parts:

So thank God for his bounty

With ever grateful hearts

Chorus:
All good gifts around us

Are sent from heaven above

So thank the Lord,

O thank the Lord

For all his love

Throughout the world the farmers

Sow seeds of many strains

Which God then brings to fulness

Through sun and wind and rains.

By many means of transport

They’re brought so we can feed

Three times a day; be thankful

We’ve never been in need

Chorus

The crops the world produces

Should leave no-one unfed

But millions have died starving

Through thoughtlessness and greed.

At harvest time in our land

Lord give us grace that we

May think of those who hunger

And ever humble be

Chorus

If you like these words, you may want to look beyond Harvest at the collection of Christmas Carols and other seasonal material HERE