The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12984

12984. Rejoicing Together

1 A sower with weeping went forth to sow—
Went bearing the precious seed;
He passed where the wayside vines drooped low,
Passed over the dewy mead.
From early dawn till the stars came out,
He scattered the golden grain,
Alike on the hillside parchèd with drought,
Alike on the fertile plain.

2 The seed soon sprung up which the sower cast;
It grew both by night and day;
And lo, e’er the harvest time had passed,
A reaper strayed that way.
He reaped the grain with a happy song;
His sickle was keen and bright;
Heavy laden with sheaves he passed along
In the rosy, sunset light.

3 When the Lord of the Harvest shall come to receive
And garner His ripened wheat,
The sower and reaper together, their sheaves
With rejoicing shall lay at His feet;
Together shall enter the heav’nly rest,
To sow and to reap no more;
Together shall join in the song of the blest,
For the weeping time will be o’er.

Text Information

• First Line: A sower with weeping went forth to sow
• Title: Rejoicing Together
• Author: Susan E. Gammons
• Meter: 10.7.10.7 D
• Language: English
• Source: Carols of Hope by Clarence M. Seamans, Frederick S. Stanton and Francis A. Blackmer (Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1906)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TALLADEGA
• Composer: Francis Augustus Blackmer (1906)
• Meter: 10.7.10.7 D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain