Text: | Thou Shepherd of Israel divine |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Author: | John Wesley |
Tune: | ENON'S ISLE |
Composer: | Isaac B. Woodbury |
1 Thou Shepherd of Israel divine,
The joy and desire of my heart,
For closer communion I pine,
I long to reside where Thou art:
The pasture I languish to find,
Where all, who their Shepherd obey,
Are fed, on Thy boson reclined,
And screened from the heat of the day.
2 Ah! show me that happiest place,
That place of Thy people's abode,
Where saints in an ecstasy gaze,
And hang on a crucified God!
Thy love for a sinner declare,
Thy passion and death on the tree;
My spirit to Calvary bear,
To suffer and triumph with Thee.
3 'Tis there with the lambs of Thy flock,
There only I covet to rest,
To lie at the foot of the Rock,
Or rise to be hid in Thy breast;
'Tis there I would always abide,
And never a moment depart;
Concealed in the cleft of Thy side,
Eternally held in Thy heart.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Thou Shepherd of Israel divine |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1762) |
Author: | John Wesley (1762) |
Meter: | 10s D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Communion: With Christ; Fellowship with God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ENON'S ISLE |
Composer: | Isaac B. Woodbury |
Meter: | 10s D. |