1 Scattering seeds of beautiful deeds,
Sowing for the Master;
Measures of love for weary ones’ needs,
Sowing for the Master.
Refrain:
Seeds of kindness, seeds of love,
Helping souls to look above;
Sin and sadness to remove,
Sowing for the Master.
2 Whispering cheer to hearts that are drear,
Sowing for the Master;
Banishing doubt, and trouble, and fear,
Sowing for the Master. [Refrain]
3 Sowing each day as much as we may,
Sowing for the Master;
Doing our best, at work or at play,
Sowing for the Master. [Refrain]
4 Scattering seeds of beautiful deeds,
Sowing for the Master;
Following him wherever he leads,
Sowing for the Master. [Refrain]
Source: Sunday School Voices: a collection of sacred songs #69
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 >
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files