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{ "title": "All good gifts around us are sent from heav'n above", "author": "", "tune": "Wir pflugen", "number": "614", "lyrics": "We plough the fields, and scatter\nThe good seed on the land,\nBut it is fed and watered\nBy God's almighty hand;\nHe sends the snow in winter,\nThe warmth to swell the grain,\nThe breezes and the sunshine,\nAnd soft refreshing rain.\n\nAll good gifts around us\nAre sent from heav'n above,\nThen thank the Lord, O thank the Lord\nFor all his love.\n\nHe only is the Maker\nOf all things near and far;\nHe paints the wayside flower,\nHe lights the evening star;\nThe winds and waves obey him,\nBy him the birds are fed;\nMuch more to us, his children,\nHe gives our daily bread.\n\nWe thank thee, then, O Father,\nFor all things bright and good,\nThe seed time and the harvest,\nOur life, our health, our food:\nNo gifts have we to offer\nFor all thy love imparts,\nBut that which thou desirest,\nOur humble, thankful hearts.", "first_line": "We plough the fields, and scatter" }