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Sowing the Seed of the Kingdom

Representative Text

1 Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
In the morning bright and fair?
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
In the heat of the noonday's glare?

Chorus:
For the harvest time is coming on,
And the reaper's work will soon be done;
Will your sheaves be many, will you garner any,
For the gath'ring at the harvest home?

2 Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
In the still and solemn night?
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
For a harvest pure and white? [Chorus]

3 Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
All along the fertile way?
would you glean golden sheaves in the harvest, brother,
Come and join the ranks today. [Chorus]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #164

Author: Fred A. Fillmore

Born: May 15, 1856, Par­is, Ill­i­nois. Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1925, Ter­race Park, Ohio. Buried: Mil­ford, Ohio. Frederick Augustus Fillmore, who was born on May 15, 1856, in Paris, IL, one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to Augustus Damon and Hannah Lockwood Fillmore. His father was a preacher in the Christian Church, as well as a composer, songbook compiler, and hymn publisher who developed his own system of musical notation using numbers on the staff in place of note heads. Augustus eventually settled in Cincinnati, OH, and established a music publishing business there. Until 1906, there was no official distinction between "Christian Churches" and "Churches of Christ." The names were used pretty much inte… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother
Title: Sowing the Seed of the Kingdom
Author: Fred A. Fillmore (1888)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: For the harvest time is coming on
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #348
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The Cyber Hymnal #348

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