Religion

Matthew 26:32: The sheep their faithful Shepherd leave

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

The sheep their faithful Shepherd leave,
His life He doth a ransom give,
To bring the wanderers back;
And whom He makes His tenderest care
And whom He in His arms doth bear
He never will forsake.

Before us still, great Shepherd, go,
Cause every sheep Thy voice to know,
And risen from the dead
Thy feeble, scatter'd followers raise,
And cheer'd and fortified by grace
To life eternal lead.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 26:32: The sheep their faithful Shepherd leave.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4542/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 26:32: The sheep their faithful Shepherd leave.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4542/.

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