Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#128

128. I was a wandering sheep

1 I was a wandering sheep,
I did not love the fold,
I did not love my Shepherd's voice,
I would not be controlled:
I was a wayward child,
I did not love my home,
I did not love my Father's voice,
I loved afar to roam.

2 The Shepherd sought His sheep,
The Father sought His child;
He followed me o'er vale and hill,
O'er deserts waste and wild:
He found me nigh to death,
Famished, and faint, and lone;
He bound me with the bands of love,
He saved the wandering one.

3 Jesus my Shepherd is,
'Twas He that loved my soul,
'Twas He that washed me in His blood,
'Twas He that made me whole;
'Twas He that sought the lost,
That found the wandering sheep,
'Twas He that brought me to the fold,
'Tis He that still doth keep.

4 No more a wandering sheep,
I love to be controlled,
I love my tender Shepherd's voice,
I love, I love the fold:
No more a wayward child,
I seek no more to roam,
I love my Heavenly Father's voice--
I love, I love His home.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I was a wandering sheep
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1845)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Christ: Patience of; Christ: Praise to; Christ: Ransom; Praise: To Christ; Regeneration; Salvation: By Grace

Tune Information

• Name: LEBANON
• Composer: John Zundel
• Meter: S. M. D.