Great Shepherd of thy people, hear

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1 Great Shepherd of your people, hear!
your presence now display;
as you have given a place for prayer,
so give us hearts to pray.

2 Within these walls let holy peace
and love and friendship dwell;
here give the troubled conscience ease,
the wounded spirit heal.

3 May we in faith receive your word,
in faith present our prayers;
and in the presence of our God
unburden all our cares.

4 The hearing ear, the seeing eye,
the contrite heart bestow;
and shine upon us from on high,
that we in grace may grow.

Source: Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #398

Author: John Newton

Newton, John, who was born in London, July 24, 1725, and died there Dec. 21, 1807, occupied an unique position among the founders of the Evangelical School, due as much to the romance of his young life and the striking history of his conversion, as to his force of character. His mother, a pious Dissenter, stored his childish mind with Scripture, but died when he was seven years old. At the age of eleven, after two years' schooling, during which he learned the rudiments of Latin, he went to sea with his father. His life at sea teems with wonderful escapes, vivid dreams, and sailor recklessness. He grew into an abandoned and godless sailor. The religious fits of his boyhood changed into settled infidelity, through the study of Shaftesbury and… Go to person page >

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The Psalmody: a collection of hymns for public and social worship #25Image
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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #55bImage
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The Baptist Hymn Book #74Image
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The Chapel Hymnal #d78
A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d81
The Chapel Hymnal #d82
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The Hymnal of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America #d147
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Universalist Hymn Book #d169
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The Heart and Voice: or, Songs of Praise for the Sanctuary: hymn and tune book, designed for congregational singing in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for congregations generally #172cImage
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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d182
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A Collection of Hymns #192Image
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The Oxford Hymn Book #210
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Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised #247
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The Advent Christian Hymnal #d265
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The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d276
The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book: for churches and Sunday-schools #281Image
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The Christian Hymnal: a selection of psalms and hymns with music, for use in public worship #321Image
The Tribute of praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book. #324Image
The Tribute of Praise: a collection of hymns and tunes for public and social worship, and for use in the family circle #324Image
The Tribute of Praise: a collection of hymns and tunes for public and social worship, and for the use in the family circle and Sabbath school #324Image
Melodies of the Church: a collection of psalms and hymns adapted to publick and social worship, seasons of revival, monthly concerts of prayer, and various similar occasions... #d340
Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d360
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The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer with accompanying tunes (3rd ed., rev. and enl.) #385Image
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Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #455
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The Christian Psalmist: being a collection of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs compiled from the most approved authors, and designed as a standard hymn book for public and social worship #474Image
Psalms and Hymns: adapted to social, private and public worship in the Cumberland Presbyterian Chruch #497Image
Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations: a collection of psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with music for chuch services, prayer and conference meetings, religious conventions, and family worship. #524Image
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Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #398Text