p. 1 | Untitled article by F. H. Converse

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 26, 1883

BY NAME.

By F. H. Converse

OH, love divine, and wond'rous deep, How strong that Shepherd's claim Who not alone doth lead his sheep, But calleth each by name.

I sought his blessed fold alone, Bowed down with sin and shame; He met me, and in loving tones He called to me by name.

"Dear Lord," I cried, "how could'st thou know The stranger who thus came ?" He only whispered, sweet and low— "I always knew thy name."

Now guided gently safe along, His care is still the same; But love appeareth tenfold strong Which knows its own by name.

—F. H. Converse, in the Christian Woman.