1. The summer harvest spreads the fields, Mark how the whitening
Behold them to the
Be-
hills are turned! Behold them to the reapers
Behold them to the reapers yield Be-
reapers yield; Behold them to the reapers yield;
hold them to the reapers yield; the reapers yield; The
yield; Behold them to the reapers yield;
hold them to the reapers yield;
The wheat is saved, the tares are burned.
wheat is saved, the tares are burned. The wheat is saved, the tares are
The wheat is saved, the
The wheat is saved, the tares are
The wheat is saved, the tares are burned. burned.
burned. The wheat is saved, the tares are burned. burned.
tares are burned. The wheat is saved, the tares are burned. burned.
burned. The wheat is saved, the tares are burned. burned.

2. Thus the great Judge with glory crowned,
Descends to reap the ripened earth!
Angelic guards attend him down,
The same who sang his humble birth.
Angelic guards attend him down,
The same who sang his humble birth.

3. In sounds of glory hear him speak,
“Go search around the flaming world;
Haste call my saints to rise, and take
The seats from which their foes were hurled.
Haste call my saints to rise, and take
The seats from which their foes were hurled.

4. Go, burn the chaff in endless fire,
In flames unquenched, consume each tare;
Sinners must feel my holy ire,
And sink in guilt to deep despair.
Sinners must feel my holy ire,
And sink in guilt to deep despair.”

5. Thus ends the harvest of the earth,
Angels obey the awful voice;
They save the wheat, they burn the chaff;
All heaven approves the sovereign choice.
They save the wheat, they burn the chaff;
All heaven approves the sovereign choice.