Reaping you must do, or ever you can sow,—
Gladness must be yours, or ever you can show
That happiness is fruitfulness from good seed in good soil;
'T was some one loved and blessed you with the sowing, and
its toil,
Hence you must reap and winnow good or ever you can sow.
Keeping must be done, or ever you can give,—
The blessing you must take that you may truly live!
By fathers brave and mothers dear how much good seed was
sown;
From heaven's grace came kindly showers, and so the seed
has grown;
By reaping then enrich yourself or ever you can give.
Sowing then you do,—and what shall others reap?
And what from seed you sow shall be for you to keep?
What blessings from the ancient times reap you to bless
your days,—
What blessings shall the future reap and thus your sowing
praise?
If you sow tares, then what shall you, and what shall others
reap!
Poems
[Written for the Journal]
REAPING AND SOWING
From the October 1925 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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