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[The Master is sowing the good seed of truth]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. N. Fenn Incipit: 55453 21216 55512 Used With Text: Let the Good Seed Take Root In Your Heart

Author: Jennie Wilson Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The Master is sowing the good seed of truth Refrain First Line: Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother Lyrics: 1 The Master is sowing the good seed of truth, With hands that are patient and kind; Alike on the fertile and bleak place it falls, What soil in your heart will it find? Refrain: Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother, And bring forth a glorious yield; If nourished in faith will a fruitage divine In the harvest of life be revealed. 2 Are sinful desires growing rank in your heart, As baneful weeds cumber the ground? Does love of the world, with its folly and pride, Within your heart’s garden abound? [Refrain] 3 O let the good seed in the sunshine of love, And watered by heavenly dew, Bring forth in your life the rich fruitage of grace, That Jesus with gladness can view. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [The Master is sowing the good seed of truth] Text Sources: The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter Company, 1904)

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Let The Good Seed Take Root

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9254 First Line: The Master is sowing the good seed of truth Refrain First Line: Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother Lyrics: 1 The Master is sowing the good seed of truth, With hands that are patient and kind; Alike on the fertile and bleak place it falls, What soil in your heart will it find? Refrain: Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother, And bring forth a glorious yield; If nourished in faith will a fruitage divine In the harvest of life be revealed. 2 Are sinful desires growing rank in your heart, As baneful weeds cumber the ground? Does love of the world, with its folly and pride, Within your heart’s garden abound? [Refrain] 3 O let the good seed in the sunshine of love, And watered by heavenly dew, Bring forth in your life the rich fruitage of grace, That Jesus with gladness can view. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The Master is sowing the good seed of truth]

Let the Good Seed Take Root In Your Heart

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #255 (1904) First Line: The Master is sowing the good seed of truth Refrain First Line: Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother Tune Title: [The Master is sowing the good seed of truth]

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Jennie Wilson

1857 - 1913 Author of "Let the Good Seed Take Root In Your Heart" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives. =============================== Jennie Bain Wilson, 1857-1913 Born: 1857, on a Farm Near South Whitley, Indiana. Died: Circa 1913. Afflicted with a spinal condition at age four, Wilson spent her life in a wheel chair. She never attended school, but was educated at home. She is said to have written over 2,200 texts. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)