What Shall The Harvest Be?
- Words:
- Emily S. Oakley
- Music:
- Philip P. Bliss
Sheet music
- 1Sowing the seed by the daylight fair,Sowing the seed by the noonday glare,Sowing the seed by the fading light,Sowing the seed in the solemn night:O what shall the harvest be?O what shall the harvest be?Sown in the darkness(Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,) or sown in the light,(Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,)Sown in our weakness(Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,) or sown in our might,(Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,)Gathered in time or eternity,(Gathered in time or eternity,)Sure, ah, sure will the harvest be.(Sure, ah sure will the harvest, harvest be.)
- 2Sowing the seed by the wayside high,Sowing the seed on the rocks to die,Sowing the seed where the thorns will spoil,Sowing the seed in the fertile soil:O what shall the harvest be?O what shall the harvest be?Sown in the darkness(Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,) or sown in the light,(Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,)Sown in our weakness(Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,) or sown in our might,(Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,)Gathered in time or eternity,(Gathered in time or eternity,)Sure, ah, sure will the harvest be.(Sure, ah sure will the harvest, harvest be.)
- 3Sowing the seed with an aching heart,Sowing the seed while the teardrops start,Sowing in hope till the reapers comeGladly to gather the harvest home:O what shall the harvest be?O what shall the harvest be?Sown in the darkness(Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,) or sown in the light,(Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,)Sown in our weakness(Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,) or sown in our might,(Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,)Gathered in time or eternity,(Gathered in time or eternity,)Sure, ah, sure will the harvest be.(Sure, ah sure will the harvest, harvest be.)
In the hymnals
- Written in 1850, the words are in 147 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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