Morning Prayer of Thanks for Northern Autumn Harvests
Give thanks for the seasons and the harvests of the northern land described in this prayer.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O Lord, we thank Thee for the spring, which brought her handsome promise, for the gorgeous preparation which the summer made in his manly strength, and we bless Thee for the months of autumn, whose sober beauty now is cast on every hill and every tree. We thank Thee for the harvests which the toil and the thought of man have gathered already from the surface of the ground, or digged from its bosom. We bless Thee for the other harvests still growing beneath the earth, or hanging abundant beauties in the autumnal sun from many a tree, all over our blessed Northern land. In Jesus’ name. Amen.