My Shepherd

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Christ Jesus is my Shepherd, My needs He doth supply

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [Christ Jesus is my Shepherd] (Harris)
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Christ Jesus is my Shepherd,
My needs He doth supply;
In green and pleasant pastures
He causes me to lie.
Beside the quiet waters
How sweet is my repose!
And since His light shines round me
My heart no sorrow knows.

Refrain:
Christ Jesus is my Shepherd,
My true and faithful Guide;
His providence shall alway
For His own flock provide.

2 In paths of perfect safety
He leads me on my way,
And when I tread death’s valley
His word shall be my stay.
His rod and staff support me,
And should I miss the road,
This kind and gentle Shepherd
Will bring me back to God. [Refrain]

3 A table Thou preparest
Amid my angry foes,
And Thy great loving-kindness
Thou dost to me disclose.
My cup, it runneth over
With blessings all divine;
And so, O gracious Shepherd,
I joy to call Thee mine. [Refrain]

Source: Light and Life Songs No. 4 #78

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Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Christ Jesus is my Shepherd, My needs He doth supply
Title:	My Shepherd
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Christ Jesus is my Shepherd
Publication Date:	1928
Copyright:	Public Domain