A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR LOST SHEEP

          THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS,
          WHOSE GOODNESS FAILS ME NEVER.
          I NOTHING LACK IF I AM HIS,
          AND HE IS MINE FOREVER.

          PERVERSE AND FOOLISH, I HAVE STRAYED,
          BUT YET IN LOVE HE SOUGHT ME;
          AND ON HIS SHOULDER GENTLY LAID,
          AND HOME, REJOICING, BROUGHT ME.

          IN DEATH'S DARK VALE I FEAR NO ILL,
          WITH YOU, DEAR LORD, BESIDE ME;
          YOUR ROD AND STAFF MY COMFORT STILL,
          YOUR CROSS BEFORE TO GUIDE ME.

          AND SO THROUGH ALL THE LENGTH OF DAYS,
          YOUR GOODNESS FAILS ME NEVER;
          GOOD SHEPHERD, MAY I SING YOUR PRAISE
          WITHIN YOUR HOUSE FOREVER.