804    104th     J. Hart
The Lambs Safe. Ps. 23.; 34. 10; 1 Thess. 5 . 14

1 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.

5 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.

6 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.]

7 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.