Jubilate ‎#33

33. One is Missing

1 Safe in the fold we’ve gathered the sheep,
Safe from the storms on the mountain steep;
“But,” said the Shepherd, as He counted them o’er,
“Someone is missing, there should be one more.”

Refrain:
Someone is missing,
Someone is missing,
Out on the mountains dark and cold,
Who will go find him?
With love’s bands bind him?
Who’ll bring him back to the shelter of the fold?

2 “Will no one go to gather it in
My helpless one in the throes of sin?
Far from the shelter of the walls of the fold,
Out on the mountains so bleak and so cold.”

3 Weary and worn, His heart knew no rest,
‘Til He might hold it upon His breast;
So in the darkness went the Shepherd alone,
But ere the morning He brought back His own. [Refrain]

4 O can it be that you are the one
Whom He is seeking alone, alone?
Pray He may find you ere the wild storms may sweep
Out in the wild ways where perish lost sheep. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Safe in the fold we've gathered the sheep
• Title: One is Missing
• Author: C. A. M.
• Refrain First Line: Someone is missing
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917

Tune Information

• Name: [Safe in the fold we've gathered the sheep]
• Composer: C. Austin Miles