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[The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with His flock]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Lorenz Incipit: 55455 61567 63555

Author: Mrs. Cora M. Turrell Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with his flock Refrain First Line: Now I’m outside! Lyrics: 1 The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with his flock, In valleys that were fertile, fresh, and fair; I strayed upon the hillside amid the stone and rock, In hopes of finding richer dainties there. Now I’m outside! Now I’m outside! All the rest are safely folded, While I am outside. 2 The sun sank low, and lower, but still I wandered on, Unmindful of the gentle voice that called; I tho’t to turn and follow before the light was gone, And with the rest to enter safe the fold. Now I’m outside! Now I’m outside! All the rest are safely folded, While I am outside. 3 But darkness settled quickly, and ere I was aware How very wild and rough the way had grown, I could not see the Shepherd; his voice I could not hear; And I was left to wander on alone. Now I’m outside! Now I’m outside! All the rest are safely folded, While I am outside. 4 Oh, wand’rer, whom the Savior in mercy calls today, Obey his voice and follow near his side, Before the earth-born darkness his form shall hide away; And with his sheep infolded safe abide. Tho’ you’re outside, Tho’ you’re outside, Still the loving Shepherd’s seeking To bring you inside! Used With Tune: [The gentle Shepherd wandered]

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I Am Outside the Fold

Author: Mrs. Cora M. Turrell Hymnal: United Praise #36 (1908) First Line: The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with his flock Refrain First Line: Now I’m outside! Lyrics: 1 The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with his flock, In valleys that were fertile, fresh, and fair; I strayed upon the hillside amid the stone and rock, In hopes of finding richer dainties there. Now I’m outside! Now I’m outside! All the rest are safely folded, While I am outside. 2 The sun sank low, and lower, but still I wandered on, Unmindful of the gentle voice that called; I tho’t to turn and follow before the light was gone, And with the rest to enter safe the fold. Now I’m outside! Now I’m outside! All the rest are safely folded, While I am outside. 3 But darkness settled quickly, and ere I was aware How very wild and rough the way had grown, I could not see the Shepherd; his voice I could not hear; And I was left to wander on alone. Now I’m outside! Now I’m outside! All the rest are safely folded, While I am outside. 4 Oh, wand’rer, whom the Savior in mercy calls today, Obey his voice and follow near his side, Before the earth-born darkness his form shall hide away; And with his sheep infolded safe abide. Tho’ you’re outside, Tho’ you’re outside, Still the loving Shepherd’s seeking To bring you inside! Tune Title: [The gentle Shepherd wandered]

I Am Outside the Fold

Author: Mrs. Cora M. Turrell Hymnal: Songs of Revival Power #36 (1907) First Line: The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with his flock Refrain First Line: Now I'm outside Tune Title: [The gentle Shepherd wandered at evening with his flock]

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Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Composer of "[The gentle Shepherd wandered]" in United Praise Pseudonymns: John D. Cresswell, L. S. Edwards, E. D. Mund, ==================== Lorenz, Edmund Simon. (North Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1854--July 10, 1942, Dayton, Ohio). Son of Edward Lorenz, a German-born shoemaker who turned preacher, served German immigrants in northwestern Ohio, and was editor of the church paper, Froehliche Botschafter, 1894-1900. Edmund graduated from Toledo High School in 1870, taught German, and was made a school principal at a salary of $20 per week. At age 19, he moved to Dayton to become the music editor for the United Brethren Publishing House. He graduated from Otterbein College (B.A.) in 1880, studied at Union Biblical Seminary, 1878-1881, then went to Yale Divinity School where he graduated (B.D.) in 1883. He then spent a year studying theology in Leipzig, Germany. He was ordained by the Miami [Ohio] Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1877. The following year, he married Florence Kumler, with whom he had five children. Upon his return to the United States, he served as pastor of the High Street United Brethren Church in Dayton, 1884-1886, and then as president of Lebanon Valley College, 1887-1889. Ill health led him to resign his presidency. In 1890 he founded the Lorenz Publishing Company of Dayton, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. For their catalog, he wrote hymns, and composed many gospel songs, anthems, and cantatas, occasionally using pseudonyms such as E.D. Mund, Anna Chichester, and G.M. Dodge. He edited three of the Lorenz choir magazines, The Choir Leader, The Choir Herald, and Kirchenchor. Prominent among the many song-books and hymnals which he compiled and edited were those for his church: Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship (1874), Pilgerlieder (1878), Songs of Grace (1879), The Otterbein Hymnal (1890), and The Church Hymnal (1934). For pastors and church musicians, he wrote several books stressing hymnody: Practical Church Music (1909), Church Music (1923), Music in Work and Worship (1925), and The Singing Church (1938). In 1936, Otterbein College awarded him the honorary D.Mus. degree and Lebanon Valley College the honorary LL.D. degree. --Information from granddaughter Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, DNAH Archives