1 Over the mountain rugged and cheerless,
Out in the desert barren and lone;
Thro’ the wild mazes tangled and pathless
Goeth the Shepherd, seeking His own.
Refrain:
Seeking His own, seeking His own,
Goeth the Shepherd, seeking His own;
Tenderly calling, earnestly pleading,
Christ the good Shepherd, is seeking His own.
2 Loving them still wherever they wander;
Longing to save whom win has o’erthrown,
Patiently searching, kindly entreating,
Still is the Shepherd, seeking His own. [Refrain]
3 Listen, O wand’rer, night is approaching!
Soon will your day to darkness have grown;
Answer Him gladly “Thee will I follow;
Lead me, O Shepherd, I am thine own.” [Refrain]
Source: Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2 #27
Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children.
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