The Lord Will Repay

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Sowing, sowing, sowing for the Master

Author: C. Austin Miles
Tune: [Sowing, sowing, sowing for the Master] (Miles)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Sowing, sowing, sowing for the Master,
Working, praying, trusting ev’ry day;
Faint not, weep not, harvest time is coming,
Surely the Lord your labor will repay.

Refrain:
O’er the valleys and the hills,
O’er the rocks and rippling rills,
Hear the voice of duty call, “work today,
Harvest cometh by and by;
Tho’ the seed shall live or die,
Surely the Lord your labor will repay.

2 Precious, precious are the fleeting moments,
Swiftly, swiftly passing on their way;
Use them, use them in the Master’s service,
Surely the Lord your labor will repay. [Refrain]

3 Somewhere, somewhere careless ones are drifting,
Straying, straying from the fold away;
Seek them, seek them in the storm or sunshine,
Surely the Lord your labor will repay. [Refrain]

Source: The Service of Praise #38

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Author: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Sowing, sowing, sowing for the Master
Title:	The Lord Will Repay
Author:	C. Austin Miles
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Over the valleys and the hills
Copyright:	Public Domain