Have pity, Holy One, on those who stray:
Thou kind and loving Shepherd, fetch Thou home
The rebel flocks who in the desert roam:
Fair is the sky as yet, and smooth the way,–
But soon shall darkness gather o’er the day:
Then where shall be the voice that aimed to teach,
The guides self–chosen, who did smooth things preach,
The men of many words, unused to pray?
Didst Thou not give Thy life for them, O Lord?
Open their blinded eyes that they may see;
Turn them from self to look alone on Thee:
Show them the living wonders of Thy word;
Let cries of triumph through Thy Church be heard,–
“He that was lost is found, the slave is free!”
(Henry Alford)
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