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Author: Horatius Bonar Hymnal: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #128 (1899) Lyrics: 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. Topics: Christ Patience of; Christ Praise to; Christ Ransom; Praise To Christ; Regeneration; Salvation By Grace Languages: English Tune Title: LEBANON
I was a wandering sheep