STEM Publishing : hymns : Spiritual Songs : 186: SOWER divine, send forth Thy word

186: SOWER divine, send forth Thy word

by Mrs. Hazel Dixon
L.M.

sung to Maryton midi score
by H. P. Smith (1825-1898)
 (L.M.)

1 SOWER divine, send forth Thy word,
Here let each heart the ground prepare;
Fulfil Thy glorious purpose, Lord,
And give Thy people ears to hear.

2 No wayside heart be here today,
Still barren, hard and unforgiven,
Lest Satan come and snatch away
The seed that bears the life of heaven.

3 Nor, as in dry and stony ground,
At once to spring, yet, by and by,
Rootless in trial's heat, be found
As swift to wither and to die.

4 Lord, from this world our hearts set free,
Its riches, cares and pleasures vain;
Lest growing strong, they prove to be
Like thorns that choke the precious grain.

5 But to Thy wise and gracious ways
Patient and meek we would be found;
Thy Spirit's streams, Thy love's warm rays,
Making that good and fruitful ground.

6 Then shall Thy word, the living seed,
Accomplish that for which it came,
Spring up a hundredfold indeed,
A harvest worthy of Thy Name.


Alternative tunes (L.M.)

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Duke Street midi score
Dusseldorf midi score
Federal Street midi score
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Hamburg midi score
Holley midi score
Hursley midi score
Living Springs midi score
Mendon midi score
Old Hundredth midi score
Pentecost midi score
Retreat midi score
Rockingham midi score
St. Clement midi score
Talis's Canon midi score
Vom Himmel Hoch midi score
Walton midi score
Wareham midi score
Warrington midi score
Whitburn midi score
Woodworth midi score
Zephyr midi score