Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: When some kind shepherd from his fold
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 230
Page Number: 220, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen some kind shepherd from his fold,
Has lost a straying sheep,
Thro'vales, o'er hills, he anxious roves,
And climbs the mountain's steep.
But O, the joy! The transport sweet!
When he the wanderer find;
Up in his arms he takes his charge,
And to his shoulder binds.
Homeward he hastes to tell his joys,
And make his bliss complete;
The neighbours hear the news, and all
The joyful shepherd greet.
Yet how much greater is the joy
When but one sinner turns;
When the poor wretch with broken heart
His sins and errors mourns?
Pleas'd with the news, the saints below,
In songs their tongues employ;
Beyond the skies the tidings go,
And heaven is filled with joy.
Well pleas'd the Father sees and hears
The conscious sinner weep;
Jesus receives him in his arms,
And owns him for his sheep.
Nor angels can their joys contain,
But kindle with new fire;
"A wandering sheep's return'd" they sing.
And raise their joys still higher.