Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Jesus great Shepherd of thy sheep
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: 68
Page Number: 093, 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 thy 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 worlds on high!