We found "Soil" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
Soil
...Now the flowers budding sweet
In the soil beneath our feet,
Raise themselves from sleep like death,...
Now the flowers budding sweet
In the soil beneath our feet,
Raise themselves from sleep like death,
...These little feet will roam,
Where sin its purity may soil,
Where care and grief may come....
These little feet will roam,
Where sin its purity may soil,
Where care and grief may come.
...The source is He.
Soil, sunshine and the air—
Nutrients complete....
The source is He.
Soil, sunshine and the air—
Nutrients complete.
...On Thy garden deign to smile,
Raise the plants, enrich the soil;
Soon Thy presence will restore...
On Thy garden deign to smile,
Raise the plants, enrich the soil;
Soon Thy presence will restore
...They who sow with many a tear
In the dry and stubborn soil,
Mourning ask from out their toil—...
They who sow with many a tear
In the dry and stubborn soil,
Mourning ask from out their toil—
...May the heart’s best impulse ever,
Check them ere they soil the lip.
Love one another, thus saith the Savior;...
May the heart’s best impulse ever,
Check them ere they soil the lip.
Love one another, thus saith the Savior;
...And when the storms are its branches shaking,
It deeper root in the soil is taking.
Be then no more by a storm dismayed,...
And when the storms are its branches shaking,
It deeper root in the soil is taking.
Be then no more by a storm dismayed,
...The fruits of labor garnered in;
But praise Thee more for soil unturned
From which the yield is yet to win!...
The fruits of labor garnered in;
But praise Thee more for soil unturned
From which the yield is yet to win!
...Emerge the gifts that time has proved,
And seed laid deep in sacred soil,
Yields harvests rich in lasting good....
Emerge the gifts that time has proved,
And seed laid deep in sacred soil,
Yields harvests rich in lasting good.
...Strength for each hour’s demands impart;
With fruitful seasons, genial soils,
O give a grateful, trusting heart....
Strength for each hour’s demands impart;
With fruitful seasons, genial soils,
O give a grateful, trusting heart.
...With sound of songs and wings;
Then, harvests of its teeming soil
In orchard, croft and field;...
With sound of songs and wings;
Then, harvests of its teeming soil
In orchard, croft and field;
...Sowing early, sowing late,
On a stubborn soil.
Lord, we wait; the parchèd ground...
Sowing early, sowing late,
On a stubborn soil.
Lord, we wait; the parchèd ground
...Alike on the fertile and bleak place it falls,
What soil in your heart will it find?
Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother,...
Alike on the fertile and bleak place it falls,
What soil in your heart will it find?
Let the good seed take root in your heart, my brother,
...To Thee we yield our powers;
Keep Thou our souls from guilty soil
Through all the passing hours....
To Thee we yield our powers;
Keep Thou our souls from guilty soil
Through all the passing hours.
...Let not thy love flow out
To things so soiled and dim;
Go up to Heav’n and God;...
Let not thy love flow out
To things so soiled and dim;
Go up to Heav’n and God;
...When all with fruit and flowers
The laughing soil was dressed,
And Eden’s fragrant bowers...
When all with fruit and flowers
The laughing soil was dressed,
And Eden’s fragrant bowers
...Joy is a fruit that will not grow
In nature’s barren soil;
All we can boast, till Christ we know,...
Joy is a fruit that will not grow
In nature’s barren soil;
All we can boast, till Christ we know,
...These spring up, and choke the weeds
Which would else o’erspread the soil;
Trials make the promise sweet,...
These spring up, and choke the weeds
Which would else o’erspread the soil;
Trials make the promise sweet,
...Thy holy love, O spread abroad
In these soiled hearts of ours,
That we may consecrate to God...
Thy holy love, O spread abroad
In these soiled hearts of ours,
That we may consecrate to God
...Whence fruitful showers at His command
The thirsty soil bedew.
How fair an image of the grace...
Whence fruitful showers at His command
The thirsty soil bedew.
How fair an image of the grace
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