Scripture Verse

The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6

Introduction

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J. Lincoln Hall (1866–1930)

Words: Emi­ly P. Mill­er, in Bound­less Love, ed­it­ed by Lin­coln Hall & Ir­vin H. Mack (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1896), pag­es 14–15.

Music: J. Lin­coln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

What are you do­ing for Je­sus,
As you jour­ney thro’ life?
Sowing the grain for the har­vest,
Or scat­ter­ing seeds of strife?

Refrain

What are you do­ing,
Doing for Je­sus?
What are you do­ing,
As the days go by?
What are you do­ing,
Doing for Je­sus?
What are you do­ing,
As the days go by?

What are you do­ing for Je­sus?
Are you striv­ing each day,
By lit­tle acts of kind­ness,
To bright­en some­one’s way?

Refrain

What are you do­ing for Je­sus,
As the days go by?
Telling the lone and the wea­ry
Of rest be­yond the sky?

Refrain

What are you do­ing for Je­sus?
Soon comes set­ting of sun;
Hasten and tell the glad tid­ings,
Lest you leave some work un­done.

Refrain