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68. SUNSHINE OR ;"'luHT
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Prov 11.24 GENEROSITY / Mk 4.3 MISSIONARIES
Sunshine or night, regardless of the season,
Valleys or hills, through thicket, thorn or plain lands;
Just as Christ did in Galilee with his word,
It is your mission to sow if you're Christian.
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Plant in all places the Lord's divine truth
Sow it with pain or when you endure toil;
Your work will bloom as His spirit leads you;
Flowers and fruits shall be offered in heaven.
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Your harvest might be injured as they flourish
By the thorns that grow beside your small seeds;
Do you not see the crown of thorns on Jesus
That fatal day He wore it on his forehead.
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Sow and never fear the days of countless suffering,
In the barren rock, leave your seed and keep planting
Often by grace it will find a small crevice;
The seed will bloom over the pride of humans.
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Sow in the sand of deserts that are barren,
Where the soft dew of mornings' never descend;
You will encourage many vapid hearts
With the life that your love will be igniting.
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Within the region of doubt and great suffering
Where the sun's rays have never given their light;
Give out the seed in haodfuls to the people,
Give virtue, faith, and charity to all souls.
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Sow and never let your ego from working
Sow where ungodliness is thrown with evil;
Throughout the path in this abyss of evil,
The flow'r of hope will bloom because of your work.

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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLO HYMNAL,