Let the Good Seed Take Root

The Mas­ter is sow­ing the good seed of truth

With hands that are pa­tient and kind;

Alike on the fer­tile and bleak place it falls

What soil in your heart will it find?

Let the good seed take root in your heart

my bro­ther

And bring forth a glo­ri­ous yield;

If nour­ished in faith will a fruit­age di­vine

In the har­vest of life be re­vealed.

Are sin­ful de­sires grow­ing rank in your heart

As bane­ful weeds cum­ber the ground?

Does love of the world

with its fol­ly and pride

Within your heart’s gar­den ab­ound?

O let the good seed in the sun­shine of love

And wa­tered by heav­en­ly dew

Bring forth in your life the rich fruit­age of grace

That Je­sus with glad­ness can view.