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Text:Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
Author:Jane E. Leeson
Tune:BUCKAND
Composer:Leighton George Hayne
Media:MIDI file

4029. Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep

1. Loving shepherd of Thy sheep,
Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep;
Nothing can Thy power withstand,
None can pluck me from Thy hand.

2. Loving Savior, Thou didst give
Thine own life that we might live,
And the hands outstretched to bless
Bear the cruel nails’ impress.

3. I would praise Thee every day,
Gladly all Thy will obey,
Like Thy blessèd ones above
Happy in Thy precious love.

4. Loving shepherd, ever near,
Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear,
Suffer not my steps to stray
From the straight and narrow way.

5. Where Thou leadest I would go,
Walking in Thy steps below,
Till before my Father’s throne
I shall know as I am known.

Text Information
First Line: Loving shepherd of Thy sheep
Title: Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
Author: Jane E. Leeson (1842)
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Hymns & Scenes of Childhood, 1842
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BUCKAND
Composer: Leighton George Hayne (1863)
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 53212 23517 55451
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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