The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8080

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