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Christ in Song 38

What Shall the Harvest Be?

Words: Emily S. OakeyMusic: Philip Phillips

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1"He that soweth in his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall reap life."—Gal. 6: 8. Sow - ing the seed by the day - light fair, Sow - ing the seed by the noon-day glare, Sow - ing the seed by the fad - ing light, Sow - ing the seed in the mourn - ful night;

RefrainSown in the dark-ness or sown in the light, Sown in our weak-ness or sown in our might;

2Sow - ing the seed with an ach - ing heart, Sow - ing the seed while the tear - drops start, Sow - ing the seed in hope till the reap - ers come, Glad - ly to gath - er the har - vest home.

Scripture
Gal. 6:8

Copyright, 1874, by P. P. Bliss

The verse

Meter
64
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

"He that soweth in his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall reap life."—Gal. 6: 8. Sow - ing the seed by the day - light fair, Sow - ing the seed by the noon-day glare, Sow - ing the seed by the fad - ing light, Sow - ing the seed in the mourn - ful night;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘////˘˘/˘˘////˘˘/˘˘??//˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/64A

Verse 2

Sow - ing the seed with an ach - ing heart, Sow - ing the seed while the tear - drops start, Sow - ing the seed in hope till the reap - ers come, Glad - ly to gath - er the har - vest home./˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘??//˘˘/˘//˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/38A

Refrain

Sown in the dark-ness or sown in the light, Sown in our weak-ness or sown in our might;/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘22A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.