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What Are You Doing For Them?

Representative Text

1 Israel’s sheep scattered far and wide,
Wandering on with no shepherd to guide,
Far from the Saviour who for them has died;
What are you doing for them?

Refrain:
How Jesus loved them! but we have despised,
Forgotten, neglected, in scorn undisguised.
Think you to face Him and hear His “Well done,”
With Israel, His chosen, left dying alone?

2 “First to the Jew” was the order He gave;
First to the Jew came Jesus to save;
First to the Jew when sins He forgave;
What are you doing for them? [Refrain]

3 Hid for a moment His face at their call,
Soon in His mercy He’ll gather them all;
Loved for their fathers, e’en far tho’ they fall;
What are you doing for them? [Refrain]

Source: The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 3 #52

Author: Mrs. H. S. Lehman

Early 20th Century Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Israel's sheep scattered far and wide
Title: What Are You Doing For Them?
Author: Mrs. H. S. Lehman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: How Jesus loved them! but we have despised
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #7931
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The Cyber Hymnal #7931

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