Sowing in Tears
Sowing in sadness through long, weary years,
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Sowing in sadness through long, weary years,Scattering seed with the fast-falling tears;O how we long for the glad harvest day,When sheaves are gathered, and tears wiped away!
Chorus.
Sowing in tears through long, weary years;Wait, only wait, till the harvest appears.
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Sowing good seed as in sadness we go;Sure is the promise,—to reap what we sow;Tears only water the grain that we cast,God will bestow us the increase at last.
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Sow to the Spirit, and life we shall reap,—Life everlasting, where none ever weep;Heaven will yield us a harvest of peace,When all the labors of summer shall cease.