Timeless Truths ‎#1072

1072. We Reap as We Sow

1 If we shall scatter tares in the fallow,
How shall we hope that they shall not grow?
We cannot gather wheat for the garner,
If only useless weeds we shall sow.

Refrain:
Soon you shall gather what you now scatter,
Unto your life give diligent heed;
What we are sowing surely is growing,
That which we reap shall be as the seed.

2 Should we be sowing briars and thistles,
Where would the grain and flowers find room?
If we are sowing hatred and malice,
We cannot pluck affection’s sweet bloom. [Refrain]

3 As is the sowing, so is the reaping—
Sinner, the seed you carelessly cast
Bringeth a harvest, bitter with anguish,
Sure will thy reaping be at the last. [Refrain]

4 Gentleness, kindness, purity, trueness,
Yield a rich fruitage, never to cease;
Sowing in meekness unto the Spirit
Bringeth eternal blessings and peace. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: If we shall scatter tares in the fallow
• Title: We Reap as We Sow
• Author: Charles W. Naylor (1907)
• Refrain First Line: Soon you shall gather what you now scatter
• Meter: 10.9.10.9 D
• Scripture:
  Galatians 6:7
• Topic: Sowing/Reaping
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/We_Reap_as_We_Sow); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (248); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (393); The Gospel Trumpet Compan

Tune Information

• Name: [If we shall scatter tares in the fallow]
• Composer: Andrew L. Byers (1907)
• Meter: 10.9.10.9 D
• Key: E Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/We_Reap_as_We_Sow); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (248); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (393); The Gospel Trumpet Compan