The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1271

1271. Dear Savior, if These Lambs Should Stray

1. Dear Savior, if these lambs should stray,
From Thy secure enclosure’s bound,
And, lured by worldly joys away,
Among the thoughtless crowd be found,

2. Remember still that they are Thine,
That Thy dear sacred name they bear,
Think that the seal of love divine
The sign of covenant grace they wear.

3. In all their erring, sinful years,
Oh, let them ne’er forgotten be;
Remember all the prayers and tears
Which made them consecrate to Thee.

4. And when these lips no more can pray,
These eyes can weep for them no more,
Turn Thou their feet from folly’s way,
The wanderers to Thy fold restore.

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Savior, if these lambs should stray
• Title: Dear Savior, if These Lambs Should Stray
• Author: Abigail B. Hyde (1824)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Village Hymns, by Asahel Nettleton, 1824
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WOODWORTH
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury (1849)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 12335 43234 35523
• Key: D Major
• Source: Mendelssohn Collection, or Third Book of Psalmody (New York: 1849)
• Copyright: Public Domain