1  Laboring on the good land, laboring in the morning,

    Laboring through the noontime to the early eve,

    Laboring for a harvest, reaping all the produce,

    Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.

 2  Reaping wheat and barley, death and resurrection,

    Though the loss sustained our old man often grieves;

    But in life abundant, life in resurrection,

    Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.

 3  Grain and wine and oil — bringing in the surplus

    Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:

    Wine to cause rejoicing, oil to give anointing,

    Bringing in the top tenth, bringing in the sheaves.