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Hymn: The Lord my pasture shall prepare (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist

Date: 1848

Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore

Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard

First Line: The Lord my pasture shall prepare

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune: Venango

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 348, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

The Lord my pasture shall prepare,

And feed my with a shepherd's care;

His presence shall my wants supply,

And guard me with a watchful eye;

And guard me with a watchful eye;

My noonday walks he will attend,

And all my midnight hours defend.



When in the sultry glebe I faint,

Or on the thirsty mountain pant,

To fertile vales and dewy meads

My weary, wandering steps he leads;

Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,

Amid the verdant landscapes flow.



Though in a bare and rugged way,

Through devious, lonely wilds I stray,

Thy presence shall my pains beguile;

The barren wilderness shall smile,

With sudden green and herbage crowned,

And streams shall murmur all around.



Though in the paths of death I tread,

With gloomy horrors overspread,

My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,

For thou, O Lord!  Art with me still;

Thy friendly rod shall give me aid,

And guide me through the dreadful shade.