The Church — Ministry and Missions

He that goeth forth with weeping

No. 1063
Metre 8s & 7s.
Tune RATHBUN.
Words Thomas Hastings.
Music Ithamar Conkey
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

He that goeth forth with weeping,Bearing precious seed in love,Never tiring, never sleeping,Findeth mercy from above.

Soft descend the dews of heaven,Bright the rays celestial shine;Precious fruits will thus be givenThrough an influence all divine.

Sow thy seed, be never weary,Let no fears thy soul annoy;Be the prospect ne'er so dreary,Thou shalt reap the fruits of joy.

Lo, the scene of verdure brightening!See the rising grain appear;Look again! the fields are whitening,For the harvest time is near.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—MINISTRY AND MISSIONS.»; hymn number «1063» (large, left), tune name «RATHBUN. 8s & 7s.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals), «ITHAMAR CONKEY» at the right (capitals and small capitals, no final period). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one text line per system (two verse lines each), with «1.» before «He»: «He that go - eth forth with weeping, Bear - ing precious seed in love,» / «Nev - er tir - ing, nev - er sleeping, Find - eth mer - cy from a-bove.» («weeping,», «precious», «sleeping,» printed whole under their two notes; «a-bove.» with a tight hyphen); its four verse lines are given here as poetry. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «277, 92, 1256.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 277, 92 or 1256); «Thomas Hastings.» in italics after stanza 4. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 Soft»); they are numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each text stanza are indented in the print; stanza 1 is laid out the same way here. The printer's thin space before «;» and «!» («shine ;», «annoy ;», «brightening !», «appear ;», «again !») is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.