Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Like sheep we went astray
Topic: Christ/His Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 258
Page Number: 160, 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.