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527. Loving Shepherd of Your Sheep

1 Loving Shepherd of your sheep,
all your lambs in safety keep;
nothing can your power withstand,
none can pluck them from your hand.

2 May they praise you ev'ry day,
gladly all your will obey,
like your blessed ones above,
happy in your precious love.

3 Loving Shepherd, ever near,
teach your lambs your voice to hear;
suffer not their steps to stray
from the straight and narrow way.

4 Where you lead them may they go,
walking in your steps below;
then, before your Father's throne,
Savior, claim them for your own.

Text Information
First Line: Loving Shepherd of your sheep
Title: Loving Shepherd of Your Sheep
Author: Eliza Leeson (1842, alt., mod.)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2018
Scripture: ;
Topic: Christ: As Shepherd; Christian Life; Pilgrimage and Guidance
Tune Information
Name: SONG 13
Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623, alt.)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.
Key: D Major



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