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Saint Remigius: " But when the Son of God looked down from heaven upon the earth, to hear the groans of the captives, straight a great harvest began to ripen; for the multitude of the human race would never have come near to the faith, had not the Author of human salvation looked down from heaven; and it follows, Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers ...
"Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'" Galatians 6:9
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. The New International Version translates the passage as: Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Psalm 1 is the first psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English King James Version: "Blessed is the man", and forming "an appropriate prologue" to the whole collection according to Alexander Kirkpatrick. [1] The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, [2] and a book of the Christian Old Testament.
The image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen also as a metaphor of Jesus' own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection. [2] The Rev. William D. Oldland in his sermon "Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls into the Earth and Dies" said: This parable is used by Jesus to teach them three things.
Verse 3 was revised to make it better suited to the harvest in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868 Appendix: We thank Thee, then, O Father, for all things bright and good, The seed time and the harvest, our life, our health, and food; Accept the gifts we offer, for all Thy love imparts, But what Thou most desirest, our humble, thankful hearts.
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