The Sunday School Hymnal: with offices of devotion 298. I am Jesus' little lamb

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The Sunday School Hymnal‎#298

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Text:	I am Jesus' little lamb
Author:	Henriette Louisa von Hayn
Tune:	[I am Jesus' little lamb]

1 I am Jesus’ little lamb,
Therefore glad and gay I am;
Jesus loves me, Jesus knows me,
All that’s good and fair He shows me;
Tends me every day the same,
Even calls me by my name.

2 Out and in I safely go,
Want and hunger never know;
Soft green pastures He discloseth,
Where His happy flock reposeth;
When I faint or thirsty be,
To the brook He leadeth me.

3 Should not I be glad and gay,
In this blessed fold all day,
By this holy Shepherd tended,
Whose kind arms, when life is ended,
Bear me to the world of light?
Yes, oh, yes, my lot is bright.

Text Information
First Line:	I am Jesus' little lamb
Author:	Henriette Louisa von Hayn
Meter:	7. 7. 8. 8. 7. 7.
Publication Date:	1900
Topic:	Children: Lambs; Christ: Love of; Christ: Shepherd (3 more...)
Notes:	Public Domain.