General (Vol. 2)
World Harvest
- We pray for those who labour for our comfort,
Both where we settle and in far off lands;
For those who plan, adjudicate and broker,
And those who use the strength of feet and hands:
For fishermen and miners who take risks,
For teams who answer an emergency,
For night shift workers stressed while we are sleeping,
For truckers, pilots and men out at sea. - We pray for farmers working in the fields
And near slaves in the jungle and the bush;
Protect them from their masters and our greed,
The risk, the extra hour, the sudden push:
For homely ale and wine from far off places,
For local bread and crackers from Japan; For home grown Granny Smiths and the pineapple,
For those who watch the radar and the scan. - We promise to uphold fairness and justice,
To see that wages match each kind of work,
To manage by encouragement not bullying,
To pull our own weight fairly and not shirk:
We thank You for the richness of creation,
For the choice and buying power we enjoy;
We pray for all who plan, direct and manage
And for the patient people they employ.