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Text:Scattering Precious Seed
Author:William Augustine Ogden, 1841-1897
Tune:[Scattering precious seed by the wayside]
Composer:George Hugg, 1848-1907
Media:MIDI file

6291. Scattering Precious Seed

1. Scattering precious seed by the wayside,
Scattering precious seed by the hillside;
Scattering precious seed o’er the field, wide,
Scattering precious seed by the way.

Refrain
Sowing in the morning,
Sowing at the noontide;
Sowing in the evening,
Sowing the precious seed by the way.

2. Scattering precious seed for the growing,
Scattering precious seed, freely sowing,
Scattering precious seed, trusting, knowing,
Surely the Lord will send it the rain. [Refrain]

3. Scattering precious seed, doubting never,
Scattering precious seed, trusting ever;
Sowing the word with prayer and endeavor,
Trusting the Lord for growth and for yield. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Scattering precious seed by the wayside
Title: Scattering Precious Seed
Author: William Augustine Ogden, 1841-1897
Refrain First Line: Sowing in the morning
Language: English
Source: Songs of the Sav­ior’s Love, ed­it­ed by J. H. All­e­man (Chi­ca­go, Ill­i­nois: North­west­ern Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, 1892)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Scattering precious seed by the wayside]
Composer: George Hugg, 1848-1907
Incipit: 55565 13215 34455
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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