Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Like sheep we went astray
Topic: The Last Scenes
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Psalm 29
Page Number: 060, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLIKE sheep we went astray,
And broke the fold of God;
Each wand'ring in a different way,
But all the downward road.
How dreadful was the hour
When God our wand'rings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour
Upon the Shepherd's head.
How glorious was the grace
When Christ sustain'd the stroke!
His life and blood the Shepherd pays,
A ransom for the flock.
But God hath rais'd his head
O'er all the sons of men,
And made him see a num'rous seed
To recompense his pain.
"I'll give him," saith the Lord,
"A portion with the strong,
He shall possess a large reward,
And hold his honors long."