The Heart Shall Reap In Joy
- Words:
- Miss Ada Powell
- Music:
- Austin Hazelwood
Sheet music
- 1Some golden day the heart shall reapWhat once in tears was sown,And longing eyes shall never weep,Nor feet shall walk alone.(shall walk alone.)The heart(The heart shall reap in joy,) shall reap in joy,(O yes, the heart shall reap in joy,)The heart(The heart shall reap in joy,) shall reap in joy,(O yes, the heart shall reap in joy,)The heart that oft has sown in tears,Shall reap someday in joy.(shall reap in joy.)
- 2The seed, tho' sown in darkest night,Shall one day bloom and bear,And gleaners in the morning light,Will find the harvest there.(the harvest there.)The heart(The heart shall reap in joy,) shall reap in joy,(O yes, the heart shall reap in joy,)The heart(The heart shall reap in joy,) shall reap in joy,(O yes, the heart shall reap in joy,)The heart that oft has sown in tears,Shall reap someday in joy.(shall reap in joy.)
- 3That golden day is free from fears,And cares no more annoy,The heart that oft has sown in tears,Shall reap someday in joy.(shall reap in joy.)The heart(The heart shall reap in joy,) shall reap in joy,(O yes, the heart shall reap in joy,)The heart(The heart shall reap in joy,) shall reap in joy,(O yes, the heart shall reap in joy,)The heart that oft has sown in tears,Shall reap someday in joy.(shall reap in joy.)
In the hymnals
- The words are in 25 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.