The Cyber Hymnal ‎#348

348. Are You Sowing the Seed?

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?

Refrain
For the harvest time is coming on,
And the reapers’ work will soon be done;
Will your sheaves be many? Will you garner any
For the gathering at the harvest home?

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

3. Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
All along the fertile way?
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, sister?
You must reap at the last great day! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother
• Title: Are You Sowing the Seed?
• Author: Palmer Hartsough (1888, rev. 1896)
• Adapter: Frederick Augustus Fillmore
• Refrain First Line: For the harvest time is coming on
• Language: English
• Source: Reworked in The Wonderful Story in Song (Cincinnati, Ohio: F. L. Rowe, 1917), number 211
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother]
• Composer: Palmer Hartsough (1888, rev. 1896)
• Adapter: Fred Augustus Fillmore
• Incipit: 12333 21356 17653
• Key: D Major
• Source: Reworked in The Wonderful Story in Song (Cincinnati, Ohio: F. L. Rowe, 1917), number 211
• Copyright: Public Domain