Earth Below Is Teeming

Earth below is teem­ing

Heav’n is bright ab­ove

Every brow is beam­ing

In the light of love:

Every eye re­joic­es

Every thought is praise

Happy hearts and voic­es

Gladden nights and days;

O al­migh­ty Giv­er

Beautiful and free!

As the joy in har­vest

Joy we be­fore Thee!

Every youth and maid­en

On the har­vest plain

Round the wa­gons lad­en

With their gold­en grain

Swell the hap­py chor­us

On the ev­en­ing air

Unto Him who o’er us

Bends with con­stant care:

For the sun and show­ers

For the rain and dew

For the hap­py hours

Spring and sum­mer knew:

For the gold­en au­tumn

And its pre­cious stores

For the love that brought them

Teeming to our doors:

Earth’s broad har­vest whit­ens

In a bright­er sun

Than the orb that light­ens

All we tread u­pon;

Send out la­bor­ers

Fa­ther!

Where fields rip­en­ing wave;

And the na­tions ga­ther

Gather in and save.