Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Sow in the morn thy seed
Topic: The New Life/Sympathies and Activities
Writer: <no first name given> Montgomery
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 967
Page Number: 574, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSow in the morn thy seed;
At eve hold not thy hand;
To doubt and fear give thou no heed;
Broadcast it o'er the land.
Thou know'st not which shall thrive--
The late or early sown;
Grace keeps the precious germ alive,
When and wherever strown.
The good, the fruitful ground
Expect not here nor there;
On hillside and in dale 't is found;
Go forth, then, everywhere!
And duly shall appear,
In verdure, beauty, strength,
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
And the full corn at length.
Thou canst not toil in vain;
Cold, heat, the moist and dry,
Shall foster and mature the grain
For garners in the sky.
Thence, when the glorious end,
The day of God, is come,
The angel-reapers shall descend,
And heaven cry, Harvest-home.