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| Text: | Sowing in sadness through long, weary years |
| Author: | F. E. Belden |
| Tune: | SOWING IN TEARS |
| Composer: | D. S. Hakes |
1 Sowing in sadness through long, weary years
Scattering seed with the fast falling tears;
O how we long for the glad harvest day,
When sheaves are gathered, and tears wiped away!
Chorus:
Sowing in tears through long, weary years;
Wait, only wait, till the harvest appears.
2 Sowing good seed as in sadness we go;
Sure is the promise, to reap what we sow;
Tears only water the grain that we cast,
God will bestow us the increase at last. [Chorus]
3 Sow to the Spirit, and life we shall reap,
Life everlasting, where none ever weep;
Heaven will yield us a harvest of peace,
When all the labors of summer shall cease. [Chorus]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Sowing in sadness through long, weary years |
| Author: | F. E. Belden |
| Refrain First Line: | Sowing in tears through long, weary years |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Bible Songs: Missionary Songs |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SOWING IN TEARS |
| Composer: | D. S. Hakes |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
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