O Where Are the Reapers?
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
3 words changed · 1 stanza only in Christ in Song #411 · 1 stanza only in SDA Hymnal #366
Verse 1
O where are the reapers that garner in the sheaves of the good from the fields of sin?
With sickles of truth must the work be done, and no one may rest till the 'harvest home.'
Verse 1
O where are the reapers that garner in the sheaves of the good from the fields of sin?
With sickles of truth must the work be done, and no one may rest till the 'harvest home.'
Verse 2
Go out in the highways and search them all, The wheat may be there though the weeds are tall; Then search in the hedges, and pass none by, But gather from all for the home on high.
Not in this version
Verse 3
The fields all are rip'ning, and far and wide the world now is waiting the har-vest-tide,
But reapers are few, and the work is great, and much will be lost should the harvest wait.
Verse 2
The fields all are ripening, and far and wide the world now is waiting the harvest tide;
But reapers are few, and the work is great, and much will be lost should the harvest wait.
Not in this version
Verse 3
So come with your sickles, ye sons of men, and gather together the golden grain;
Toil on till the Lord of the harvest come, then share ye His joy in the 'harvest home.'
Refrain
Where are the reapers? O who will come and share in the glory of the 'harvest home?'
O who will help us to garner in the sheaves of good from the fields of sin?
Refrain
Where are the reapers? O who will come and share in the glory of the 'harvest home?'
O who will help us to garner in the sheaves of good from the fields of sin?