Manual for the chapel of Girard College ‎#141

141. Shepherd of tender youth

Text Information

• First Line: Shepherd of tender youth
• Meter: 6.5.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1891
• Notes: Public Domain.

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This hymn is a translation of perhaps the earliest complete Christian hymn we possess. It is found in the writings of Clement of Alexandria, who lived 150 years after Christ. He quotes it as a well-known hymn.