Have You Sought?

Have you sought for the sheep that have wan­dered

Far away on the dark mount­ains cold?

Have you gone

like the ten­der Shep­herd

To bring them again to the fold?

Have you fol­lowed their wea­ry foot­steps?

And the wild de­sert waste have you crossed

Nor lin­gered till safe home re­turn­ing

You have ga­thered the sheep that were lost?

Have you been to the sad and the lone­ly

Whose bur­dens are hea­vy to bear?

Have you car­ried the name of Je­sus

And ten­der­ly breathed it in pray­er?

Have you told of the great sal­va­tion

He died on the cross to se­cure?

Have you asked them to trust in the Sav­ior

Whose love shall for­ev­er en­dure?

Have you knelt by the sick and the dy­ing

The mes­sage of mer­cy to tell?

Have you stood by the trem­bling cap­tive

Alone in his dark pri­son cell?

Have you point­ed the lost to Je­sus

And urged them on Him to be­lieve?

Have you told of the life ev­er­last­ing

That all

if they will

may re­ceive?

If to Je­sus you an­swer these quest­ions

And to Him have been faith­ful and true

Then be­hold

in the man­sions yon­der

Are crowns of re­joic­ing for you;

And there from the King eter­nal

Your wel­come and greet­ing shall be

Inasmuch as ’twas done for My breth­ren

Even so it was done un­to Me.