Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Great Shepherd of thine Israel
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 50
Page Number: 053, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGreat Shepherd of thine Israel,
Who didst between the cherubs dwell,
And led the tribes, thy chosen sheep,
Safe through the desert and the deep.
Thy church is in the desert now,
Shine from on high, and guide us thro';
Turn us to thee, thy love restore,
We shall be saved and sigh no more.
Instead of wine and cheerful bread,
Thy saints with their own tears are fed;
Return Almighty God, return,
Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn.