Go, Seek Until Ye Find

Verse 1

Alas! alas! a wayward sheep Had wandered from the fold, Far o’er the mountains rough and steep, Where howling tempests rolled; The Shepherd, with a burdened mind, Went forth the missing one to find, The missing one, far, far away, The missing one to find.

Chorus

Go, seek until ye find; Go, seek until ye find; The missing one must not be lost,— Go seek until ye find.

Verse 2

He sought with many-a footstep store, From early morn till night; Thro’ rocky wastes, where torrents roar,— App pathways but the right; Then cried, with sad and burdened mind, The missing I have failed to find, The missing one, far, far away, Alas! I’ve failed to find.

Verse 3

How long, O Lord, must I still go? How long search for the sheep? They’ve wandered far away, I know,— Discouraged, lo, I weep: How long thus go, with burdened mind? “Go,” Jesus saith, “until ye find;” The missing one must not be lost,— Go, seek until ye find!

Verse 4

I’ve sought my friends for many-a day, Have prayed for man-a year; Yet, still they wander far away, O’er mountains dark and drear; How long thus seek with burdened mind? “Seek,” Jesus saith, “until ye find;” The missing one must not be lost,— “Go, seek until ye find!”

Verse 5

Lord, at thy word I go again, Believing I shall find: I listened, and a low refrain Came to me on the wind; Led by the sadly joyful sound I rushed, and, lo, the lost was found! Joy! joy! O blessed joy divine! The lost one I have found.

Chorus 2

Joy! joy! the lost is found; Joy! joy! the lost is found; The missing one, no longer lost, The missing one is found.