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=Lyrics=
*Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
==Lyrics from [[A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, 1840]]==
Hymn 22<br>
[[L.M.]]<br>
1. Shepherd, of souls, with pitying eye<br>
The thousands of our Israel see:<br>
To thee in their behalf we cry,<br>
Ourselves but newly found in thee.

2. See where o'er desert wastes they err,<br>
And neither food nor feeder have;<br>
Nor fold, nor place of refuge near;<br>
For no man cares their souls to save.

3. Wild as the untaught Indian's brood,<br>
The Christian savages remain;<br>
Strangers, yea, enemies to God,<br>
They make thee spill thy blood in vain.

4. Thy people, Lord, are sold for nought;<br>
Nor know they their Redeemer nigh:<br>
They perish, whom thyself hast bought,<br>
Their souls for lack of knowledge die.

5. The pit its mouth has opened wide,<br>
To swallow up its careless prey;<br>
Why should <i>they</i> die, when ''thou'' hast died;<br>
Hast died to bear their sins away?

6. Why should the foe thy purchase seize?<br>
Remember, Lord, thy dying groans:<br>
The meed of all thy sufferings these;<br>
O claim them for thy ransomed ones.

7. Extend to these thy pardoning grace:<br>
To these he thy salvation showed:<br>
O add them to thy chosen race.<br>
O sprinkle all their hearts with blood.

8. Still let the publicans draw near:<br>
Open the door of faith and heaven!<br>
And grant their hearts thy word to hear,<br>
And witness all their sins forgiven.

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