The Lambs of the Upper Fold

'Mid the pastures green of the blessed isles

Author: Sophia T. Griswold
Tune: ['Mid the pastures green of the blessed isles]
Published in 24 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 'Mid the pastures green of the blessed isles,
Where never is heat or cold,
Where the light of life is the Shepherd's smile,
Are the lambs of the upper fold.
Where the lilies blossom in fadeless spring,
And never a heart grows old,
Where the glad new song is the song they sing,
Are the lambs of the upper fold.
Lambs of the upper fold.
Lambs of the upper fold,
Where the glad new song is the song they sing,
Are the lambs of the upper fold.

2 There are tiny mounds where the hopes of earth
Were laid 'neath the tear-wet mold,
But the light that paled at the stricken hearth
Was joy to the upper fold.
O the white stone beareth a new name now,
That never on earth was told,
And the tender Shepherd doth guard with care
The lambs of the upper fold.
Lambs of the upper fold.
Lambs of the upper fold,
And the tender Shepherd doth guard with care
The lambs of the upper fold.

Source: The Christian Sunday School Hymnal: a compilation of choice hymns and tunes for Sunday schools #50

Author: Sophia T. Griswold

Sophia (Paulina) Taylor Griswold Canada/USA 1828-1903. Born in Canada, she moved to the U.S. and lived in Chicago, IL. She married Dr William R Griswold, a native of New York, and they had one daughter, Eva. She was a poet who wrote hymn lyrics for tunes composed by hymnists George Root, Philip Bliss, George Stebbins and others. She died in Chicago. John Perry  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: 'Mid the pastures green of the blessed isles
Title: The Lambs of the Upper Fold
Author: Sophia T. Griswold
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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