You help make Hymnary.org possible.

In 2025, more than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources, and encouragement here. If Hymnary has meant something to you this year, would you take a moment to help sustain it? A gift of any size — and a note of encouragement, if you'd like to share one — directly supports the server costs, research, and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org (c/o Calvin University)
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for being part of this important online ministry resource.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again
Text:We Praise Thee, God, For Harvests Earned
Author:John C. Adams
Tune:WALTHAM
Composer:John Baptiste Calkin
Media:MIDI file

12988. We Praise Thee, God, For Harvests Earned

1 We praise Thee, God, for harvests earned,
The fruits of labor garnered in;
But praise Thee more for soil unturned
From which the yield is yet to win!

2 We praise Thee for the harbor’s lee,
And moorings safe in waters still;
But more for leagues of open sea,
Where favoring gales our canvas fill.

3 We praise Thee for the conflicts won,
For captured strongholds of the foe;
But more for fields whereon the sun
Lights us when we to battle go.

4 We praise Thee for life’s gathered gains,
And blessings in our cup that brim;
But more for pledge of what remains
Past the horizon’s utmost rim!

Text Information
First Line: We praise Thee, God, for harvests earned
Title: We Praise Thee, God, For Harvests Earned
Author: John C. Adams
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns for Schools and Colleges by Markham W. Stackpole & Joseph N. Ashton (Boston: Ginn & Company, 1913)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WALTHAM
Composer: John Baptiste Calkin (1872)
Meter: LM
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score
More media are available on the tune authority page.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.