Other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.
Luke 8:8
Words: Anonymous, of Scandinavian origin, in Church Poetry, by William A. Mühlenberg, 1823.
Music: Duke Street attributed to John Hatton, 1793 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know the author, or where to get a good picture of him or Hatton,
Almighty Father, bless the Word,
Which through Thy grace we now have heard.
O may the precious seed take root,
Spring up, and bear abundant fruit.
We praise Thee for the means of grace,
As in our lives Thy love we trace.
Grant, Lord, that we who worship here
May all, at last, in Heaven appear.