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8080. Sowing and Reaping

1 Are we sowing seeds of kindness?
They shall blossom bright ere long;
Are we sowing seeds of discord?
They shall ripen into wrong.
Are we sowing seeds of honor?
They shall bring forth golden grain;
Are we sowing seeds of falsehood?
We shall yet reap bitter pain.

2 We can never be too careful,
What the seed our hand shall sow;
Love for love is sure to ripen,
Hate for hate is sure to grow.
Seeds of good or ill we scatter,
Heedlessly along our way;
But a glad or grievous fruitage,
Waits us at the harvest day.

Text Information
First Line: Are we sowing seeds of kindness?
Title: Sowing and Reaping
Author: Howard Kingsbury
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: English
Source: Echo to Happy Voices (New York: American Tract Society, 1869)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GARAISON
Composer: J. M. Castle
Meter: 87.87 D
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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