The lambs in his bosom

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See the kind shepherd, Jesus, stands, And calls his sheep by name

Published in 75 hymnals

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1 See the kind Shepherd, Jesus, stands,
And calls his sheep by name;
Gathers the feeble in his arms,
And feeds each tender lamb.

Refrain:
O Saviour, dear Saviour!
O joy of the blest;
How I long to be thine, in bright glory to shine,
And to be forever at rest.

2 He'll lead us to the heav'nly streams,
Where living waters flow:
And guide us to the fruitful fields,
Where trees of knowledge grow. [Refrain]

3 When, wand'ring from the fold, we leave
The straight and narrow way,
Our faithful Shepherd still is near
To guide us when we stray. [Refrain]

4 The feeblest lamb amid the flock,
Shall be the Shepherd's care;
While folded in our Saviour's arms,
We're safe from every snare. [Refrain]

Source: Linden Harp: a rare collection of popular melodies adapted to sacred and moral songs, original and selected. Illustrated. Also a manual of... #87a

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First Line:	See the kind shepherd, Jesus, stands, And calls his sheep by name
Title:	The lambs in his bosom
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	Kidderminster Coll.
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

See the [good] kind Shepherd, Jesus, stand. [The Good Shepherd.] This hymn is found in [Rebecca Wilkinson's] Short Sermons to Children, To which are added Short Hymns suited to the Subject [circa 1795]; later edition published at Bath 1798, No. 1, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. In J. Benson's Hymns for Children, selected chiefly from the publications of the Rev. John and Charles Wesley and Dr. Watts, &c, 1814, it was given anonymously as No. 15. From that collection it has passed into a large number of hymn-books for children. In the Short Sermons there is nothing to show by whom the hymn was composed. It is sometimes given as “See the good Shepherd, Jesus, stands." [William T. Brooke]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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