The document is a hymn composed of three stanzas and a repeating chorus about sowing seeds of kindness and reaping rewards. Each stanza references sowing through morning, noon, evening, sunshine and shadows before the labor ends and rewards are brought in rejoicing with the sheaves or harvest. The chorus repeats the phrase "bringing in the sheaves" and rejoicing at the harvest.
2. 1st Stanza
Sowing in the Morning, sowing seeds of
kindness
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of
reaping
We shall come rejoicing, Bringing in the
sheaves
3. Chorus
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the
sheaves
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the
sheaves
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the
sheaves
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the
sheaves
4. 2nd Stanza
Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the
shadows, Fearing neither clouds nor
winters chilling breeze:
By and by the harvest and the labor
ended, We shall come rejoicing,
Bringing in the sheaves
5. Chorus
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the
sheaves
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the
sheaves
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the
sheaves
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the
sheaves
6. 3rd Stanza
Going forth with weeping, sowing for
the Master, Tho the loss sustained
our spirit of ten grieves;
When our weepings over, He will bid
us Welcome, We shall come rejoicing,
bringing in the sheaves
7. Chorus
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the
sheaves
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the
sheaves
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the
sheaves
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the
sheaves