Praise for the Harvest by Fred T. Elkin

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal., Kansas City, and New York · Nov 29, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, Nos. 48, 49.

Praise for the Harvest

By Fred T. Elkin

O, PRAISE the Lord, and bless His pledge of old, Abundantly redeemed to-day! See! earth is velveted with green and gold, And sun-kissed harvest holdeth sway. The grasses bow before an unseen power, The grain fields shake like golden lakes; From nodding branch and bush, from every flower, A fitful cadenced psalm awakes. And all for man, all for this churlish clay, Doth Love, divine and purposeful, Impulse the seed-time, and bring harvest day To crown the annual miracle. O! trust the hope recurring harvests wake, That He so mindful of life's path Will not in wanton cruelty forsake His children in life's aftermath. Then to His Lordly right pay duteous toll, Let fragrant thanks to Him ascend, Who brings a ripened sweetness to the soul, And, while our God, is yet our Friend. Boulder, Colo. FRED T. ELKIN.