Scripture Verse

Go out into the highways and hedges. Luke 14:23

Introduction

Words: An­drew J. Post, in Sun­day School Hymns No. 1, ed­it­ed by Is­aac H. Me­re­dith, Grant C. Tull­ar & Jo­seph W. Ler­man (New York: Tull­ar-Me­re­dith, 1903), num­ber 107.

Music: Will­iam A. Post (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of An­drew or Will­iam Post (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

illustration
Christ the Shepherd
Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907)
Wikimedia Commons

Send out the shep­herds to ga­ther them in,
Out in the high­ways and by­ways of sin;
Gather the lambs who are stray­ing and cold,
Into the great Shep­herd’s fold.

Refrain

Gather them in, ga­ther them in,
Gather the lambs who are stray­ing and cold;
Gather them in, ga­ther them in,
Into the great Shep­herd’s fold.

Who’ll act as shep­herds the lost ones to win?
Tell them of Je­sus who died for their sin;
Lead them to Je­sus who cares for their soul,
Into the great Shep­herd’s fold.

Refrain

Who’ll act as shep­herds, and do it with joy?
Carry the mes­sage to that er­ring boy!
Make him to feel that you care for his soul,
Thus lead him in­to the fold.

Refrain

Who’ll act as shep­herds, and do it to­day?
Go for the stray­ing lambs with­out de­lay;
God will rew­ard thee with bless­ings un­told,
Up in His great Shep­herd fold.

Refrain