I Am Jesus' Little Lamb

Representative Text

1 I am Jesus' little lamb,
Ever glad at heart I am;
Jesus loves me, Jesus knows me,
All things fair and good He shows me;
Even calls me by my name;
Ev'ry day He is the same.

2 Safely in and out I go,
Jesus guides me here below;
When I hunger Jesus feeds me;
When I thirst, my Shepherd leads me
Where the waters softly flow,
Where the sweetest pastures grow.

3 Should I not be always glad?
None whom Jesus loves are sad;
And when this short life is ended,
Those whom the Good Shepherd tended
Will be taken to the skies,
There to dwell in Paradise.

Source: Wartburg Hymnal: for church, school and home #247

Translator: William Fleming Stevenson

May be the same person as the much more prolific, equally poorly attested William Stevenson.… Go to person page >

Author: Henriette Louise von Hayn

Hayn, Henrietta Luise von, daughter of Georg Heinrich von Hayn, master of the hounds to the Duke of Nassau, was born at Idstein, Nassau, May 22, 1724. In 1746 she was formally received into the Moravian community at Herrnhaag. There, and, after the dissolution of this community, at Grosshennersdorf, and, after 1751 at Herrnhut, she was engaged as teacher in the Girls' School; and after 1766 in caring for the invalid sisters of the community. She died at Herrnhut, Aug. 27, 1782. (Koch, vi. 443-447; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xi. 1.58, &c.) She was a gifted hymnwriter. A fervent love to Christ pervades her produc¬tions; and they are remarkably free from the unpleasant sentimentalism and that dwelling on the physical details of our Lord'… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I am Jesus' little lamb, Ever glad at heart I am
Title: I Am Jesus' Little Lamb
German Title: Weil ich Jesu Schäflein bin
Translator: William Fleming Stevenson
Author: Henriette Louise von Hayn
Meter: 7.7.8.8.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Child's Garden of Song #d20

Children's Praises #d15

Faith and Hope Hymns #d33

Hymnal for Church, School and Home #d51

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Hymnal #309

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Hymns and Carols for Church and Sunday-school #193

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Hymns and Songs for the Sunday School #220

Junior Hymns #d42

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Laudes Domini #323

Our Songs of Praise #d62

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #211

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Sacred Songs for Little Singers #16

Songs for Children, a Collection of Hymns and Other Songs ... #d50

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Songs of Prayer and Praise #9

The Apostolic Christian Hymnal #d70

The Children's Hymnal #d112

The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #d67

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The Extra Hymn Book #31

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d209

The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America #430

The Praise Hymnal #298

The Primary Hymnal #d62

The Primary Sunday School Hymnal #d76

The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) #d284

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The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) (2nd ed) #239a

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The Sunday School Hymnal #298

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Wartburg Hymnal #247

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The Sunday School Hymnal #298

Ambassador Hymnal #371

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Sunday School Book #105

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Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #556

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Hymnal and Order of Service #309a

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Hymnal and Order of Service #309b

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The Primary and Junior Hymnal #83

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