804 104th J. Hart
The Lambs Safe. Ps. 23.; 34. 10; 1 Thess. 5 . 14
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Ye lambs of Christ’s fold, ye weaklings in faith,
 
Who long to lay hold on life by his death;
 
Who fain would believe him, and in your best room
 
Would gladly receive him, but fear to presume;
2
Remember one thing, O may it sink deep;
 
Our Shepherd and King cares much for his sheep;
 
To trust him endeavour; the work is his own;
 
He makes the believer, and gives him his crown.
3
Those feeble desires, those wishes so weak,
 
’Tis Jesus inspires, and bids you still seek;
 
His Spirit will cherish the life he first gave;
 
You never shall perish if Jesus can save.
4
[Proud lions, that boast when lusty and young,
 
Soon find, to their cost, self-confidence wrong;
 
Tormented with hunger, they feel their strength vain;
 
For famine is stronger, and gnaws them with pain.
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But lambs are preserved, though helpless in kind;
 
When lions are starved, they nourishment find;
 
Their Shepherd upholds them, when faint, in his arms;
 
And feeds them, and folds them, and guards them from harms.
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Though sometimes we see the case is not thus;
 
Bad shepherds will flee, yet what’s that to us?
 
The Shepherd that chose us must surely be good,
 
Who rather than lose us would shed his heart’s blood.]
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Blest soul that can say, “Christ only I seek.”
 
Wait for him alway; be constant though weak;
 
The Lord whom thou seekest will not tarry long;
 
And to him the weakest is dear as the strong.