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He Knows His Lambs

"He Knows His Lambs" shows us the love and concern that the Savior has for each of us by comparing His devotion to that of a shepherd seeking a lost lamb. "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?" (Luke 15:4).

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2007 LDS Church Music Submission Competition
Lyrics

Text and Music: Diane Tuiofu

Verse one

In the darkness, alone,

A tiny lamb

Wandered far from the fold,

Forgot where he began

Yet when the shepherd saw

The lamb was gone,

He left his fire and folded flock

To go and find the one.

 

Verse two

By the light of the stars

The shepherd searched,

For he knew that darkness preys

On lambs lost in the world.

Relentless through the night

The shepherd called,

And wept at last to see the lamb

Come running to his arms.

 

Chorus

He knows his lambs

For they follow him:

They hear his voice calling them by name.

He knows the hills and fields afar

Where oft his lambs have strayed,

And through the night

The shepherd calls,

"Come follow me";

He calls to all his wand’ring sheep.

"Come unto me."

 

Verse three

In the darkness, alone,

The Lamb of God

Went into Gethsemane

With perfect, willing love.

Then for ev’ry wand’ring lamb

And wounded soul,

Suffering, He learned to be

The Shepherd of us all.

 

Repeat Chorus

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