"The wheat" appears in 12 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
The wheat
...So earnestly sowing, sowing,
And with the wheat they’re growing,
Together growing here....
So earnestly sowing, sowing,
And with the wheat they’re growing,
Together growing here.
...Rising, gleaning, just like Ruth,
Feed me on the finest of the wheat.
Bread of life it is now to me,...
Rising, gleaning, just like Ruth,
Feed me on the finest of the wheat.
Bread of life it is now to me,
...In which the sowers came to sow;
Jesus the wheat, Satan the tares,
For so the word of truth declares:...
In which the sowers came to sow;
Jesus the wheat, Satan the tares,
For so the word of truth declares:
...Though in the outward church below
The wheat and tares together grow;
Jesus ere long will weed the crop,...
Though in the outward church below
The wheat and tares together grow;
Jesus ere long will weed the crop,
...The growth of Christ, the seed, in us
Will soon produce the wheat,
The life within break forth—yet work...
The growth of Christ, the seed, in us
Will soon produce the wheat,
The life within break forth—yet work
...Grain and wine and oil—bringing in the surplus
Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:
Wine to cause rejoicing, oil to give anointing,...
Grain and wine and oil—bringing in the surplus
Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:
Wine to cause rejoicing, oil to give anointing,
...Behold them to the reapers yield—
The wheat is saved—the tares are burned.
Thus the great Judge with glory crowned...
Behold them to the reapers yield—
The wheat is saved—the tares are burned.
Thus the great Judge with glory crowned
...See the reapers bending low,
See the wheat sheaves leaning;
See the Moabitess go,...
See the reapers bending low,
See the wheat sheaves leaning;
See the Moabitess go,
...But Satan hath the false believers sown
Among the saints as tares among the wheat,
To bring confusion and to hinder growth...
But Satan hath the false believers sown
Among the saints as tares among the wheat,
To bring confusion and to hinder growth
...But Satan, enemy of God,
Sowed many tares among the wheat,
The Kingdom’s children to confuse,...
But Satan, enemy of God,
Sowed many tares among the wheat,
The Kingdom’s children to confuse,
...God’s treasure-house to fill?
The wheat, a hundred-fold that bore
Amid surrounding ill....
God’s treasure-house to fill?
The wheat, a hundred-fold that bore
Amid surrounding ill.
...So they yield Thee at the harvest
Only finest of the wheat.
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So they yield Thee at the harvest
Only finest of the wheat.
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