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Good Shepherd, You Know Us

Author: Christopher M. Idle, b. 1938 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 255 hymnals Tune Sources: Adapt. from a Welsh ballad in John Robert's Hymns of the Sanctuary, 1839 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 16427 51332 11642 Used With Text: Good Shepherd, You Know Us

FORTY ACRES

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: David Ashley White Used With Text: Good Shepherd, You Know Us

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Good Shepherd, You Know Us

Author: Christopher M. Idle, b. 1938 Hymnal: Worship (4th ed.) #681 (2011) Meter: 11.11.11.11 First Line: Good Shepherd, you know us, you call us by name Lyrics: 1 Good Shepherd, you know us, you call us by name. You lead us; we gladly acknowledge your claim. Your voice has compelled us; we come at your call. And none you have chosen will finally fall. 2 Good Shepherd, you warn us of robbers and thieves, The hireling, the wolf who destroys and deceives. All praise for your promise on which we shall stand, That no one can snatch us from out of your hand. 3 Good Shepherd, you lay down your life for the sheep. Your love is not fickle, your gift is not cheap. You spend your life freely, you take it again. You died, so we live; we are healed by your pain. 4 At one with the Father, you made yourself known: "I am the Good Shepherd," at one with your own. You loved us before we had heeded or heard; By grace we respond to your life-giving word. Topics: Trust; Easter IV A; Easter IV B; Easter IV C Languages: English Tune Title: ST. DENIO

Good Shepherd, You Know Us

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: Shepherd Songs #10 (2002) First Line: Good Shepherd, you know us, you call us by name Tune Title: FORTY ACRES

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Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher M. Idle, b. 1938 Author of "Good Shepherd, You Know Us" in Worship (4th ed.) Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman

David Ashley White

b. 1944 Composer of "FORTY ACRES" in Shepherd Songs David Ashley White (b. 1944) is a seventh-generation Texan, born in San Antonio, and he both studied and taught in Texas throughout his career. He majored in oboe at Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, in composition for his Masters in Music at the University of Houston, and received a DMA from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1977 he has been on the faculty of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, teaching theory and composition. White is a widely published composer of many types of compositions and has received many commissions. Selah Publishing Co. published three collections of his hymns. Emily Brink