The Jewel ‎#127

127. 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 controll'd;
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;
They followed me o'er vale and hill,
O'er deserts waste and wild;
They found me nigh to death,
Famish'd and faint, and lone;
They bound me in the bands of love,
They saved me 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.

Text Information

• First Line: I was a wandering sheep
• Meter: S. M.
• Publication Date: 1874
• Notes: Tune: Gildas

Tune Information

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