On Sunday it was our Harvest Festival .. and, as ever, this was the hymn that we, like many others, started with -

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Although the Jewish Faith had the "First Fruits" festival, until the mid 19th Century, it was not seen in the Christian faith. The Rev R.S. Hawker, who at the time was Vicar of Morwenstow Church, decided that Harvest was something to ( Read more... )