A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Bishop Heber.

HARVEST.

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.—Jeremiah, viii. 20.

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.—Matthew, ix. 37, 38.

The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.—Matthew, xiii. 39.

Life hath its seasons:

And time, on a chariot of hours,

Rolls to eternity’s gate