Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Jesus thy wandering sheep behold
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 39
Page Number: 043, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, thy wandering sheep behold!
See, Lord, with yearning bowels see,
Poor souls, that cannot find the fold,
Till sought and gathered in by thee.
Lost are they now, and scattered 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 sheep-redeeming shepherd art;
Collect thy flock and give them food,
And pastors after thine own heart.
Give the pure word of general grace,
And great shall be the preachers croud;
Preachers who all the sinful race
Point to 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 died for all.
In every messenger reveal,
The grace they speak 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-quickening spirit impart,
Shed forth thine universal love,
In every 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.