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Why Should I Fear?

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1 Sometimes He leads thru pastures green,
And by the waters still,
Where ferns and leafy branches lean
To kiss the rippling rill.

2 Sometimes He leads thru deserts bare;
Across the briny deep;
Mid tempests wild, and lightning’s glare;
And up the mountains steep.

3 But ev’rywhere, in shine and shade,
Upon the sea and land,
My Shepherd says, “Be not afraid”
For “I will hold thy hand.”

4 What reason, then, have I for fear?
His voice I will obey,
And follow, not “afar,” but near;
He leads me all the way.

Source: The Gospel Message Choir #6

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Author: Jessie F. Moser

Jessie Fremont Moser, born 8 June 1860, Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA. Died 21 August 1944, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Married to Ellet Joseph WAGGONER.  Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Sometimes He leads through pastures green
Title: Why Should I Fear?
Author: Jessie F. Moser (1929)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1929
Copyright: Public Domain
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