1 O let us be careful in sowing our seed,
While toiling for Jesus below;
Sow only the things that the spirit will need,
We'll reap whatsoever we sow.
Chorus:
We'll reap whatsoever we sow,
Whatever the seeds they will grow;
Be careful indeed,
Sow only good seed,
We'll reap whatsoever we sow.
2 If naught to the world we are giving today,
Then nothing the world will return;
But if we are serving the Lord on the way,
The life crown we surely shall earn. [Chorus]
3 Sow only our best for our heavenly King,
And then when no longer we roam;
The song of the reapers we ever shall sing,
At rest in our glorious home. [Chorus]
Source: Church Hymnal #330a
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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