Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Jesus thy wand'ring sheep behold
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 45
Page Number: 051, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, thy wand'ring sheep behold!
See, Lord, with yearning bowels see,
Poor souls that cannot find the fold,
Till sought and gather'd in by thee.
Lost are they now, and scatter'd wide;
In pain, and weariness, and want;
With no kind shepherd near to guide
The sick, and spiritless and faint.
Thou, only thou, the kind and good;
And great redeeming shepherd art;
Collect thy flock and give them food,
And pastors after thine own heart.
Give the pure word of gen'ral grace,
And great shall be the preachers' crowd;
Preachers, who all the sinful race
Point to the all-atoning blood.
Open their mouths, and utterance give,
Give them a trumpet voice to call
A world, who all may turn and live,
Thro' faith in him who did for all.
In every messenger reveal,
The grace he speaks divinely free;
That each may by the spirit tell,
"He died for all, who died for me."
A double portion from above,
Of thy all quick'ning spirit impart,
Shed forth thine universal love,
In ev'ry faithful pastor's heart.
Thy only glory let them seek,
O let their hearts with love o'erflow;
Let them believe, and therefore speak,
And spread thy mercy's praise below.