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THE LOST FOUND.
“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the
apple of his eye.”
—Deuteronomy, xxxii. 10.
Thus didst thou, Lord, for Israel then,
Thus dost thou now for guilty men;
Yet, yet compassionate, and kind,
Thy love vouchsafes the lost to find.
Thus dost thou now for guilty men;
Yet, yet compassionate, and kind,
Thy love vouchsafes the lost to find.
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What numbers, in this gospel day,
Have wander'd widely from thy way,
Into the desert's lone distress,
Sin's waste and howling wilderness.
Have wander'd widely from thy way,
Into the desert's lone distress,
Sin's waste and howling wilderness.
But thou hast mark'd their footsteps there,
Hast seen their anguish, heard their prayer,
Thy mercy aid has interpos'd,
Thy hand deliverance has disclos'd.
Hast seen their anguish, heard their prayer,
Thy mercy aid has interpos'd,
Thy hand deliverance has disclos'd.
Thou, in that land of fear and doubt
Hast led the wanderers far about;
Thy grace instructed such to see
That help could only come from thee.
Hast led the wanderers far about;
Thy grace instructed such to see
That help could only come from thee.
Like to the apple of thine eye
Thy love has kept them from on high,
And from that waste and desert strand
Has brought them to the promis'd land.
Thy love has kept them from on high,
And from that waste and desert strand
Has brought them to the promis'd land.
May these thy mercies ne'er forget,
But honour, love, and serve thee yet;
And sing his praise by Jordan's wave,
Who came the lost to seek, and save!
But honour, love, and serve thee yet;
And sing his praise by Jordan's wave,
Who came the lost to seek, and save!
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