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Text:Sowing the Seed
Author:Jennie Hussey
Tune:[Oh, it is sweet to be serving today]
Composer:Chas. H. Powell

87. Sowing the Seed

1 Oh, it is sweet to be serving today,
Sowing the seed of the kingdom of love;
Never to falter nor fail to obey,
Serving the Father above.

Refrain:
Sowing the seed,
We’re sowing the seed of the kingdom above;
Sowing the seed
In faith, and rejoicing in love.

2 Sowing good seed where some heart is prepared,
Open to light and the knowledge of truth;
Letting no labor or effort be spared,
Now in the springtime of youth. [Refrain]

3 Lord, I will count it my highest employ,
Seed of the kingdom to patiently sow;
Early and late, yes, in tears and in joy,
Sure that the harvest will grow. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Oh, it is sweet to be serving today
Title: Sowing the Seed
Author: Jennie Hussey
Refrain First Line: Sowing the seed
Language: English
Publication Date: 1923
Topic: Sowing and Reaping
Copyright: 1923 by Homer A. Rodeheaver
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Oh, it is sweet to be serving today]
Composer: Chas. H. Powell
Copyright: 1923 by Homer A. Rodeheaver
Notes: Public Domain.



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