For an Efficient Ministry

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1 Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold!
See, Lord, with tender pity see
Poor souls that cannot find the fold,
Till sought and gathered in by Thee.

2 Lost are they now, and scattered wide,
In pain, and weariness, and want:
With no kind Shepherd near to guide
The sick and spiritless and faint.

3 Thou, only Thou, the kind and good,
The great redeeming Shepherd art;
Collect Thy flock, and give them food,
And pastors after Thine own heart.

4 A double portion from above
Of Thine all-quickening grace impart;
Shed forth Thy universal love,
In every faithful pastor's heart.

Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #287

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold
Title: For an Efficient Ministry
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d190

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #208

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #454

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #454

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d320

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d274

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Church Book #287

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Church Book #287

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The Heart and Voice #86b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #318

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The Latest Collection of Original and Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #289

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