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[Why hast Thou for our earthly gloom]
“HE LAYETH IT ON HIS SHOULDERS REJOICING.”
St. Luke xv. 6: “I have found My sheep
which was lost.”
“O good Shepherd, I thank Thee for Thy
tender care and concern for Thy lost sheep.
I had indeed been for ever lost, had not Thy
love sought and found me when I was
astray: for Thy goodness' sake keep me,
for the time to come, from wandering from
Thee and from Thy fold.”
Bp. Wilson's Prayers.
Why hast Thou for our earthly gloom
Thus left Thy Father's hall?
“Not for the righteous am I come,
But sinners to recall.”
Thus left Thy Father's hall?
“Not for the righteous am I come,
But sinners to recall.”
What bear'st Thou from yon desert rock
Upon Thy shoulders bound?
“A sheep that left My Father's flock,
Whom I have lost and found.”
Upon Thy shoulders bound?
“A sheep that left My Father's flock,
Whom I have lost and found.”
What is it causes Angels' mirth
'Mid sons of God in Heaven?
“'Tis some poor sorrowing child of earth
Who is of God forgiven.”
'Mid sons of God in Heaven?
“'Tis some poor sorrowing child of earth
Who is of God forgiven.”
What makes the gracious Father rise,
And hasten from His seat?
“'Tis one in distance He descries,
A long-lost son to meet.”
And hasten from His seat?
“'Tis one in distance He descries,
A long-lost son to meet.”
What is that poor and abject thing,
Washing Thy feet with tears?
“One that would hide beneath My wing
Her sin and shame and fears.”
Washing Thy feet with tears?
“One that would hide beneath My wing
Her sin and shame and fears.”
In Paradise who is that one
That hastes Thy side along?
“One of earth's outcasts I have won;
With Me in death he hung.”
That hastes Thy side along?
“One of earth's outcasts I have won;
With Me in death he hung.”
Dear words to sinner, at the door
Who feels Thy judgment near;
And still the more he mourns, the more
These words of love are dear.
Who feels Thy judgment near;
And still the more he mourns, the more
These words of love are dear.
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