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The Call for Reapers Matthew 9:37 CALL FOR REAPERS  |  Bible Passage Author: John O. Thompson, 1782-1818 Musician: J. B. O. Clemm, 19th Century Far and near the fields are teeming With the waves of ripened grain; Far and near their gold is gleaming O'er the sunny slope and plain. Refrain: Lord of harvest, send forth reapers! Hear us, Lord, to Thee we cry; Send them now the sheaves to gather, Ere the harvesttime pass by. Send them forth with morn's first beaming, Send them in the noontide's glare; When the sun's last rays are gleaming, Bid them gather ev'rywhere. O thou, whom thy Lord is sending, Gather now the sheaves of gold; Heav'nward then at evening wending, Thou shalt come with joy untold. BIBLE PASSAGE: 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;