The Children's Hymnbook ‎#23

23. Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep

1 Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep,
Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep;
Nothing can Thy power withstand;
None can pluck me from Thy hand.

2 Loving Shepherd, ever near,
Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear;
Suffer not my steps to stray
From the straight and narrow way.

3 Where Thou leadest I would go,
Walking in Thy steps below,
Till within the heavenly fold
I my Shepherd shall behold.

Text Information

• First Line: Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep
• Title: Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
• Author: Jane E. Leeson (alt.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1962
• Topic: God's Love and Care

Tune Information

• Name: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
• Arranger: Richard Redhead (1835)
• Incipit: 12312 71556 34553
• Key: G Major
• Source: French Melody, c. 1200