Christ Is the Shepherd
Authors: Minnie A.G. Edington • Composers: Ira B. Wilson • Meter: 9.8.9.8. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1913
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1. O Christ is the Shepherd so tender,
No want shall His own ever know;
For He leads where pastures are greenest,
Where purest the still waters flow.
Chorus:
O Christ is the Shepherd, the kind, loving Shepherd,
And out in the darkness and cold, (the darkness and cold,)
He seeks for the straying with heart deeply yearning,
To gather them into His fold.
2. O Christ is the Shepherd so faithful,
He giveth His life for His own;
He calls them by name and they follow,
Tho’ dark be the ways and unknown.
3. O Christ is the Shepherd so loving,
He patiently seeks those astray;
The weak and the wounded He carries
In His gracious arms all the way.