Herr der Ernte, sende Schnitter

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Gelblich weiß die Felder glänzen

Translator: Gottlieb Golder; Author: James Oren Thompson
Tune: [Far and near the fields are teeming] (Clemm)
Published in 3 hymnals

Translator: Gottlieb Golder

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Author: James Oren Thompson

Born June 9, 1834 in Waldo, ME. He was a minister before joining the army and fighting in the Civil War. After the war he joined the Methodist Episcopal Maine Conference in 1866. He transferred to the Providence, RI conference and retired in 1886. He moved to Keyser, WV and edited The Mountain Echo. He then moved to Charleston, WV and served as secretary of the Agriculture. In 1905 he moved to St. Petersburg, FL where he was the minister at the First Ave. Methodist Church. He died Sept. 28, 1917. From Hymn Studies http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies/ Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gelblich weiß die Felder glänzen
Title:	Herr der Ernte, sende Schnitter
English Title:	Far and Near the Fields Are Teeming
Translator:	Gottlieb Golder
Author:	James Oren Thompson
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Herr der Ernte, sende Schnitter
Publication Date:	1905
Copyright:	Public Domain