I Met the Good Shepherd

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I met the good Shepherd just now on the plain

Author: Edward Caswall
Published in 31 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Child in the Manger (Organ Meditations f…

Choral
	Christmas Lullaby (The Gift)

Instrumental
	Worship the King

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1 I met the good shepherd
Just now on the plain,
As homeward he carried
His lost one again;
I marvelled how gently
His burden he bore,
And as he passed by me
I knelt to adore.

2 O Shepherd, good shepherd,
Thy wounds they are deep;
The wolves have sore hurt thee
In saving thy sheep.
Thy raiment all over
With crimson is dyed;
And what is this wound
They have made in thy side?

3 O Shepherd, good shepherd,
And is it for me
This grievous affliction
Has fallen on thee?
Thy wounds make me love thee,
My heart shall be thine;
With thee I will journey,
My shepherd divine.

Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #111

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Author: Edward Caswall

Edward Caswall was born in 1814, at Yately, in Hampshire, where his father was a clergyman. In 1832, he went to Brasenose College, Oxford, and in 1836, took a second-class in classics. His humorous work, "The Art of Pluck," was published in 1835; it is still selling at Oxford, having passed through many editions. In 1838, he was ordained Deacon, and in 1839, Priest. He became perpetural Curate of Stratford-sub-Castle in 1840. In 1841, he resigned his incumbency and visited Ireland. In 1847, he joined the Church of Rome. In 1850, he was admitted into the Congregation of the Oratory at Birmingham, where he has since remained. He has published several works in prose and poetry. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >

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