Great Shepherd Who Leadest Thy people in Love

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1 Great shepherd who leadest thy people in love,
'mid cherubim dwelling, shine thou from above;
in might come and save us, thy people restore,
and we shall be saved when thy face shines once more.

2 O haste, Lord, to hear us and pity our woes,
affliction our portion, despised by our foes.
O Lord God Almighty, in mercy restore,
and we shall be saved when thy face shines once more.

3 A place for thy people thou, Lord, didst prepare,
thy vine deeply rooted rewarded thy care;
its branches, like cedars, majestic and free,
spread over the mountains from river to sea.

4 Thy vineyard no longer thy tender care knows,
defenseless, the victim and spoil of her foes;
O turn, we beseech thee, all glory is thine,
look down in thy mercy and visit thy vine.

5 The branch of thy planting is burned and cut down,
brought nigh to destruction because of thy frown;
the man of thy right hand with wisdom endue,
the son of man strengthen thy pleasure to do.

6 When thou shalt revive us, thy name we will praise,
and nevermore, turning, depart from thy ways;
O Lord God Almighty, in mercy restore,
and we shall be saved when thy face shines once more.

Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #80B

Text Information

First Line: Great Shepherd who leadest Thy people in love
Title: Great Shepherd Who Leadest Thy people in Love
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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GORDON (Gordon)

In 1870 Featherstone's text came to the attention of Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895), an evangelical preacher who was compiling a new Baptist hymnal. Because he was unhappy with the existing melody for this text, Gordon composed this tune; as he wrote, "in a moment…

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