Send forth the sowers

1 Send forth the sowers; each hamlet and plain
Waits for the seed which Thy messengers bear.
Send forth the sowers, but send not in vain;
Give to their sowing Thy fatherly care.

2 Send forth the sowers, Lord, send to the isles;
Scatter the seed where the gentile doth dwell.
Send forth the sowers, Lord, send while Thy smiles
Give to the seed sown their life-giving spell.

3 Send forth the sowers, Lord, send once again;
Now is the seed-time of life and of peace.
Send forth the sowers, Lord, send once again,
Sowing the world for the harvest of peace.

Source: Hymns of the Restoration #343