Rescue Songs ‎#54

54. Sowing the Tares

1 Sowing the tares, when it might have been wheat,
Sowing of malice, spite, and deceit,
We might have sown roses amid life’s sad cares,
While we were so cruelly sowing the tares;

Refrain:
Sowing the tares,
Sowing the tares,
We plead for forgiveness for sowing the tares.

2 Sowing the tares, how dark the black sin,
Mingling a curse with life’s sweetest hymn,
And heeding no anguish, no piteous pray'rs,
While we were cruelly sowing the tares. [Refrain]

3 Sowing the tares that bring sorrow down,
Robs of its jewels life’s fairest crown;
And turning to silver the once golden hairs,
Grown whiter and whiter as we sowed the tares; [Refrain]

4 Sowing the tares under cover of night,
Which might have been wheat, all golden and bright;
O heart, turn to God with repentance and pray'r,
And plead for forgiveness for sowing the tares; [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sowing the tares, when it might have been wheat
• Title: Sowing the Tares
• Refrain First Line: Sowing the tares
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Source: Words by a Convict.
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Sowing the tares, when it might have been wheat]
• Composer: M. A. Lee
• Notes: Now Public Domain.