The Tender Shepherd

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 4, 1873

The Tender Shepherd.

When foolish lambs forsake the fold, Through thorny ways to wander wide, In noontide’s heat and darkness cold To stray upon the mountain’s side, Does not the faithful shepherd then With tireless feet those lambs pursue, O’er rocky heights, through darksome glen, To bring them to the fold anew?

Great Shepherd! let thy watchful eye With vigilance thy flock survey, And by thy presence, ever nigh, Restrain those lambs that else would stray. But if, despite thy warning voice, One willful lamb from thee should roam, Ah! overrule his fatal choice; Pursue, reclaim, and bring him home.