The Sower Went Forth Sowing (EN 2998)

EN 2998 The Sower Went Forth Sowing

Matt.13.3

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The sower went forth sowing,

The seed in secret slept

Through weeks of faith and patience,

Till out the green blade crept;

And warmed by golden sunshine,

And fed by silver rain,

At last the fields were whitened

To harvest once again.

O praise the heavenly Sower,

Who gave the fruitful seed,

And watched and watered duly,

And ripened for our need.

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Behold! the heavenly Sower

Goes forth with better seed,

The Word of sure salvation,

With feet and hands that bleed;

Here in His Church ’tis scattered,

Our spirits are the soil;

Then let an ample fruitage

Repay His pain and toil.

Oh, beauteous is the harvest,

Wherein all goodness thrives,

And this the true thanksgiving,

The first fruits of our lives.

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Within a hallowed acre

He sows yet other grain,

When peaceful earth receiveth

The dead He died to gain;

For though the growth be hidden,

We know that they shall rise;

Yea even now they ripen

In sunny Paradise.

O summer land of harvest,

O fields forever white

With souls that wear Christ’s raiment,

With crowns of golden light.

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One day the heavenly Sower

Shall reap where He hath sown,

And come again rejoicing,

And with Him bring His own;

And then the fan of judgment

Shall winnow from His floor

The chaff into the furnace

That flameth evermore.

O holy, awful Reaper,

Have mercy in the day,

Thou puttest in the sickle,

And cast us not away.

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