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The Plowing of the Lord

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 19, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 37.

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The Plowing of the Lord

By Edward Everett Hale

The plowing of the Lord is deep, On ocean or on land; His furrows cross the mountain steep, They cross the sea-washed sand.
Wise men and prophets know not how, But work their Master's will; The kings and nations drag the plow His purpose to fulfil.
They work His will because they must, On hillside or on plain; The clods are broken into dust, And ready for the grain.
Then comes the planting of the Lord, His kingdom cometh now; The ocean's deepest depths are stirred, And all their secrets show.
Where prophets trod His deserts broad, Where monarch dragged the plow, Behold the seedtime of His Word! The sower comes to sow! —Edward Everett Hale.