Tend My Sheep

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Have you heard the master saying

Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Tune: [Have you heard the master saying]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Have you heard the Master saying,
"Go and feed my lambs today,
On the mountains they are straying,
Faint with hunger, far away?"

Chorus:
"If ye love me, go and win them;
Take to them the heav'nly bread;
If ye love me, quickly bring them,
To the living Fountainhead."

2 Have you heard the Shepherd calling,
"Bring the wand'rers to the fold,
Ere the ev'ning shades are falling
O'er the mountains drear and cold?" [Chorus]

3 "If ye love me, keep my saying:
Go and tend my sheep today,
Far from home their steps are straying,
From the straight and narrow way." [Chorus]

4 Then how sweet, when night is falling,
Not to come to him alone!
O what joy to hear him calling,
"Come, ye faithful to my throne!" [Chorus]

Source: The Voice of Praise: a compilation of the very best sacred songs for use in Sunday Schools and praise services #154

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Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey

Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Have you heard the master saying
Title:	Tend My Sheep
Author:	Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	If ye love me, go and win them
Copyright:	Public Domain