Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Jesus great Shepherd of thy sheep
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 97
Page Number: 173, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, great shepherd of thy sheep,
To thee for help we fly,
Thy little flock in safety keep;
For O! the wolf is nigh!
He comes of hellish malice full,
To scatter, tear, and slay;
He seizes every straggling soul
As his own lawful prey.
Us into thy protection take,
And gather with thine arm;
Unless thy fold we first forsake,
The wolf can never harm.
We laugh to scorn his cruel power,
While by our Shepherd's side;
The sheep he never can devour,
Unless he first divide.
O do not suffer him to part
The souls that here agree,
But make us of one mind and heart,
And keep us one in thee!
Together let us sweetly live,
Together let us die;
And each a starry crown receive,
And reign in world's on high!