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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then shall Thy word,
the living seed,
Accomplish that for which it came,
Spring up a hundredfold indeed,
A harvest worthy of Thy Name.
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| 1881 | # 186 |
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MARYTON
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1874
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| # 320 | D | | # 456 | D | | # 518 | E | | # 63 | E | | # 32 | E | | # 128 | Eb | | # 451 | Eb | | # 385 | Eb | | # 426 | Eb | | # 122 | Eb | | # 11 | Eb |
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