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Shepherd of Thy little flock

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Author: Dorothy A. Thrupp

Dorothy Ann Thrupp was born in London, June 10, 1779. She contributed some hymns, under the pseudonym of "Iota," to W. Carus Wilson's Friendly Visitor and his Children's Friend. Other hymns by her, signed "D.A.T.," appeared in Mrs. Herbert Mayo's Selection of Hymns and Poetry for the Use of Infant Schools and Nurseries, 1838. She was also the editor of Hymns for the Young, c. 1830, in which all the hymns were given anonymously. She died in London on December 15, 1847. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Shepherd of Thy little flock
Author: Dorothy A. Thrupp
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MONKLAND

The tune MONKLAND has a fascinating if complex history. Rooted in a tune for the text "Fahre fort" in Johann A. Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) famous hymnal, Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704), it then was significantly altered by John Antes (b. Frederick, PA, 1740; d. Bristol, England, 1811) in a Moravian m…

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Timeline

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A Collection of Hymns for the Sanctuary. Rev.ed. with a Supplement #d73

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A Companion to the Canadian Sunday School Harp #22a

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A Selection of Sacred Songs. 2nd ed. #146

Canadian Sabbath-School Hymn Book #69

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Church Melodies #480

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Glad Tidings #49a

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #96

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #A15

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #125

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #26

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #125

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #S26

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Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #53

Maynard's Sabbath School Echo. 6th ed. of Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns, with an Appendix #d194

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d167

Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d112

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #441

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #441

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #737

Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d371

Songs for the School Room #d93

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Songs of Pilgrimage #1361

The Bible Hymn Book #d207

The Canadian Sunday School Harp #d131

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The Centenary Singer #362

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The Christian Hymn Book #575

The Christian Hymnal #d588

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The Christian Hymnal #275

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The Christian hymnal #120

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The Extra Hymn Book #67

The Golden Harp #d279

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The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #93

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The New England Sabbath School Minstrel #99

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The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #119a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d923

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The Sabbath School Hymn and Tune Book #76

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The Sabbath School #141

The School Psalter #d230

The Soldier's Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #d200

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The Standard Church Hymnal #694

Youthful Voices #d190

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