Trinity Hymnal ‎#396

396. I was a wand'ring sheep

1 I was a wand'ring 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;
They followed me o'er vale and hill,
O'er deserts waste and wild:
They found me nigh to death,
Famished and faint and lone;
They bound me with the bands of love,
They saved the wand'ring 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 wand'ring sheep,
'Twas he that brought me to the fold,
'Tis he that still doth keep.

4 I was a wand'ring sheep,
I would not be controlled;
But now I love my Shepherd's voice,
I love, I love the fold.
I was a wayward child,
I once preferred to roam;
But now I love my Father's voice,
I love, I love his home.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I was a wand'ring sheep
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 53:6
• Topic: Backsliding; Christ: Shepherd; Christian Life: Salvation by Grace; Confession of Sin; Evangelistic; Forgiveness of Sins; Love: For Christ or God

Tune Information

• Name: LEBANON
• Composer: John Zundel (1855)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Key: F Major