Central Hymn 424
The following Hymn display just how far Central has separated from its roots, both in the Christadelphian movement, and also as a representative of the brethren of Christ over the ages The Donatists, clearly a group among the brethren of Christ of the ages endured capital punishment over the belief that the parable of the tare pertained to the ecclesia. "Father" Augustine, eventually a pope, hunted down and murdered the Donatists who had left the Catholic church, using his justification that the Donatists were heretics, and the Wheat and Tares must dwell together. True Christadelphians have never accepted the Catholic "Father's" interpretation of the parable of wheat and tares and to see them now singing the death sentence of other Christadelphians simply boggles the mind. (Not unlike the celebration of Christmas, by the way.)
Central Hymn 424
Come, ye thankful people, come,Raise the song of harvest home!All is safely gathered inEre the winter storms begin;God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;Come to God, before Him come;Raise the song of harvest home!
We ourselves are God’s own field,Fruit unto His praise to yield;Wheat and tares together sown,Unto joy or sorrow grown;First the blade and then the ear,Then the full corn shall appear:Grant, O harvest Lord, that weWholesome grain and pure may be.
For the Son of Man shall come, And shall take his harvest home;From his field shall purge awayAll that doth offend, that day;Give his angels charge at lastIn the fire the tares to cast,But the fruitful ears to storeIn his garner evermore.