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Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom,
brother,
In the morning bright and
fair?
Are you sowing the seed of the
kingdom, brother,
In the heat of the
noonday's glare?
2
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom,
brother,
In the still and solemn
night?
Are you sowing the seed of the
kingdom, brother,
For a harvest pure and
white?
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Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, brother,
All along the fertile way?
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom,
brother,
That will come at the last
great day?
Refrain:
For the harvest time is coming on,
And the reaper's work will soon be done;
Will your sheaves be many, will you garner any,
For the gath'ring at the harvest home?
Author: Fred A.
Fillmore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDJ4z3RF9uI&list=RDBDJ4z3RF9uI&start_radio=1
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. ~Mark 16:15 The metaphor of
'sowing seed' was often used by Jesus in parables, as well as the concept of
'harvest' in reference to the great judgment day.
Matthew 13:1 The same
day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great
multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and
sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things
unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he
sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them
up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith
they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6 And when the sun was
up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8 But other
fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some
sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him,
Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and
he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken
away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they
seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And
in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they
hear. 17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have
desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear
those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18 Hear ye therefore the
parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which
was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20 But
he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the
word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but
dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the
word, by and by he is offended. 22 He also that received seed among the thorns
is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23 But he that received
seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it;
which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty,
some thirty. 24 Another parable put he
forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which
sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed
tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up,
and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of
the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in
thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath
done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather
them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up
also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in
the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the
tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my
barn.
31 Another parable put he forth
unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed,
which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds:
but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so
that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The
kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three
measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 34 All these things spake Jesus
unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will
open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from
the foundation of the world. 36 Then
Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came
unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 He
answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the
tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the
devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in
the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they
shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do
iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in
the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his
disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into
his harvest.
Revelation
14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and
their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon
the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown,
and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple,
crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle,
and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth
is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and
the earth was reaped.
Mark 16:15-16 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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