Dear Shepherd, see thy flock here met

Verse 1

Dear Shepherd, see thy flock here met, Before thy pierced feet to bow; To praise thy wounds, thy blood and sweat, Thro' which eternal love did flow.

Verse 2

Thou art with us where e'er we meet; Nor wilt thou leave us holy Lamb: We find a calm, a blest retreat Beneath the cov'ring of thy name.

Verse 3

Great mercies thou to us hast shewn, Since first we knew that we were thine: Since first thou mark'd us for thy own, With grace and righteousness divine.

Verse 4

Seal'd for thine own we surely are; Thy spirit, Lord, our witness is: Nor can we fall from Jesus far, For he is love and tenderness.

Verse 5

There's none can pluck us from his hand, Inclos'd by grace on ev'ry side; His oath, his promise firmly stand, We ever shall with him abide!

Verse 6

He never will himself deny; Nor could he die for man in vain: How then shall God in wrath destroy, The souls for whom the Lamb was slain.

Verse 7

The countless price he paid for us, Exempts us from the iron rod: His life, his death, his blood and cross, Hath reconcil'd us all to God.