Harris's Bring us, O Lord God and its sister work Faire is the Heaven are two of the most rewarding anthems for double choir in the Anglican canon. This piece was composed in 1959, not long before Harris's retirement from a distinguished career as a teacher and director of music. A renowned choir trainer, the idiomatic part writing and textural mastery that Harris achieves in the work are testament to his tireless efforts at the musical helm of institutions such as New College and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and St George's Chapel, Windsor.