Scripture Verse

The seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the Word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Matthew 13:23

Introduction

Words: Mar­ga­ret Snod­grass, in Augs­burg Songs (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Lu­ther­an Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1885), num­ber 101.

Music: Crest­wood John H. Kis­sing­er, 1885 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Snod­grass (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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John H. Kissinger (1845–1922)

Lyrics

To Thee we sing, our glo­ri­ous king,
Do Thou, O Sav­ior, hear us;
And as we bow be­fore Thee now,
Oh, be Thou ve­ry near us.

Refrain

The seed is sown, the seed is sown
In faith tho’ lit­tle know­ing;
The seed is sown, the seed is sown,
Oh, care Thou for the grow­ing.

What we have heard from out Thy Word,
Enrich it with Thy bless­ing;
Each wan­der­ing thought while Thou hast taught,
We come to Thee con­fess­ing.

Refrain

Where’er we be, still close to Thee,
Oh, keep us, Thine for ev­er;
We would be true in all we do,
And lose Thy bless­ing ne­ver.

Refrain