Living Hymns ‎#417

417. I was a Wandering Sheep

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;
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 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.

Text Information

• First Line: I was a wandering sheep
• Title: I was a Wandering Sheep
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: LEBANON
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain.