Now the sowing and the weeping [reaping]

Now the sowing and the weeping [reaping]

Author: Frances R. Havergal
Published in 47 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Now, the sowing and the weeping,
Working hard and waiting long;
Afterward, the golden reaping,
Harvest-home and grateful song.

2 Now, the long and toilsome duty,
Stone by stone to carve and bring;
Afterward, the perfect beauty
Of the palace of the King.

3 Now, the spirit conflict-riven,
Wounded heart, and painful strife;
Afterward, the triumph given,
And the victor's crown of life.

4 Now, the training, hard and lowly,
Weary feet and aching brow;
Afterward, the service holy,
And the Master's "Enter thou!"

Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book: official hymn book of the Methodist Church #385

Author: Frances R. Havergal

Havergal, Frances Ridley, daughter of the Rev. W. H. Havergal, was born at Astley, Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836. Five years later her father removed to the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Worcester. In August, 1850, she entered Mrs. Teed's school, whose influence over her was most beneficial. In the following year she says, "I committed my soul to the Saviour, and earth and heaven seemed brighter from that moment." A short sojourn in Germany followed, and on her return she was confirmed in Worcester Cathedral, July 17, 1853. In 1860 she left Worcester on her father resigning the Rectory of St. Nicholas, and resided at different periods in Leamington, and at Caswall Bay, Swansea, broken by visits to Switzerland, Scotland, and North Wales. She died… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Now the sowing and the weeping [reaping]
Author: Frances R. Havergal
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #246

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Evangel Songs #243

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Fillmores' Women's Choir, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Combined #45

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Free Methodist Hymnal #400

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Gloria Deo #445

Heart and Voice #d108

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Heart and Voice #34f

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d351

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church #d75

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted in General Council, Chicago, May 1879 #d204

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d739

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Joyful Greeting #28

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Laudes Domini #299

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d547

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Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #385

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Methodist Hymn-Book #437

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Northfield Hymnal No. 2 #263

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Northfield Hymnal No. 3 #246

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #262

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #262

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Sifted Wheat #76

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Song Worship for Sunday Schools #105g

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Songs of Grace and Glory #154(24)

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Songs of Redeeming Love #59

Songs of Saving Power #d144

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Songs of the New Life #R59

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Songs of the Pentecost for the Forward Gospel Movement #22

The American Hymnal #d364

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d424

The Canadian Hymnal #166

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The Canadian Hymnal #166

The Canadian Hymnal #166

The Friends' Hymnal #d414

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a445

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #544

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The New Canadian Hymnal #144

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The New Canadian Hymnal #144

The Northfield Hymnal #4 #d194

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #310

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #310

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The Quartet #59

The Sabbath Hour #d56

The Sabbath Hour #d57

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The Sunday School Hymnary #605

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #400

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The Westminster Hymnal for congregational and social use and for the Sunday School #185

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Westminster Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of hymns and tunes for use in sabbath-schools and social meetings #118

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