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Over the thorn and thistle,
Along the stony way.
From the Shepherd’s care
to the desert bare,
There wandered a sheep one day;
And a voice fell sadly
from far away:
“My sheep, how long
wilt thou love to stray?”
“My sheep, how long
wilt thou love to stray?”
Over the thorn and thistle,
Along the stony way.
With feet that bled,
the Shepherd sped
To where the wand’rer lay;
He had heard it crying
from far away:
“Lord, bring me home
to Thy flock, I pray!”
“Lord, bring me home
to Thy flock, I pray!”
Over the thorn and thistle,
Along the stony way.
I have sought for thee,
now trust in Me;
I’ll bear thee home today.
The wolf and lion
flee far away
When on my shoulder
My sheep I lay,
When on my shoulder
My sheep I lay.
Instead of the thorn and the thistle,
The myrtle bedecks the way.
Where the Shepherd feeds
and gently leads
The sheep He found that day:
And He leadeth others far away
To rest in fields of a cloudless sky,
To rest in fields of a cloudless sky.
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